This paper overviews the biophysical methods developed to gain access to meat structure information. The meat industry needs reliable meat quality information throughout the production process in order to guarantee high-quality meat products for consumers. Fast and non-invasive sensors will shortly be deployed, based on the development of biophysical methods for assessing meat structure. Reliab...

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AIM The aim was to develop an indicator sensor for real-time monitoring of meat quality and to compare the response of indicator sensor with meat quality parameters at ambient temperature. MATERIALS AND METHODS Indicator sensor was prepared using bromophenol blue (1% w/v) as indicator solution and filter paper as indicator carrier. Indicator sensor was fabricated by coating indicator solution...

Wendy J. Umberger Proponents of mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) of meat argue that COOL would provide US producers with a competitive advantage in the marketplace. They contend that US consumers perceive domestic meat products to be higher quality than imported meat products. Therefore, because of its higher perceived quality, U.S.-labeled meat will garner a premium over imported me...

Meat grading has always been a research subject because of its economical importance and the large variations among meat product qualities. In this study, a hyperspectral imaging system in the near-infrared (NIR) range (900-1700 nm) was developed for quality assessment of pork meat. Pork samples were classified in three quality grades, as reddish-pink, firm and non-exudative (RFN), pale, soft a...

Skřivanová V., Tůmová E., Englmaierová M., Chodová D., Skřivan M. (2017): Do rearing system and freerange stocking density affect meat quality of chickens fed feed mixture with rapeseed oil? Czech J. Anim. Sci., 62, 141−149. Recently, consumers have paid an attention to animal-friendly meat. The aim of the study was to evaluate the meat quality of breast muscles in indoor and free-range chicken...

The aim of the present study was to examine the association of red meat, white meat and processed meat consumption in Irish adults with dietary quality. A cross-sectional study of subjects, randomly selected using the electoral register, estimated habitual food intakes using a 7 d food diary in a nationally representative sample of 662 men and 717 women (not pregnant or lactating) aged 18-64 ye...

Meat and meat products are closely associated with the daily eating habits of people around the world. Quality monitoring of meat and meat products is essential to ensure public health. In recent years, the meat industry has employed state-of-the art, high-speed processing technology, and meat processors need rapid, non-destructive, easy-touse technology to monitor the safety and quality of mea...

Recent meat demand models incorporate demand functions for cuts of meat rather than whole carcasses. However, parameters for “meat quality” are seldom included in such models. Modelling difficulty arises as meat cuts are heterogeneous in their quality attributes. Meat quality may be assessed by measurement of attributes including tenderness, juiciness and flavour. Cooking method and cooking tim...

Consumers believe that quality of foods from organic production is superior to foods from conventional production. The objectives of the present study have therefore been to compare the quality of chicken meat from organic and conventional production on the basis of traditional meat quality criteria. The experiment was organized as a field study. Fresh organic broiler carcasses were purchased d...