freezing causes changes on chemical and microbial quality of butter. in this research, effects of two different temperatures -9 and -18oc on changes of moisture, fat, acidity and peroxide value and also coliform and psychrotrophic microorganisms in frozen butter were studied. results showed that values of moisture and fat during 7 months of frozen storage at two temperatures decreased 1.8% and ...

OBJECTIVES Our aim was to report the first known incidence of U.S. butter contamination with extremely high levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). METHODS Ten butter samples were individually analyzed for PBDEs. One of the samples and its paper wrapper contained very high levels of higher-brominated PBDEs. Dietary estimates were calculated using the 2007 U.S. Department of Agricult...