SENSORY EVALUATION OF MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS
Sensory evaluation of foods including foods refers to their scientific evaluation through the application of human senses (taste, smell, sight, feel and sound).
Sensory evaluation of foods including foods refers to their scientific evaluation through the application of human senses (taste, smell, sight, feel and sound).
EVALUATION OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL QUALITY OF EGGS
Packaging of meat and meat products is the technique of using the most appropriate containers and components to contain, protect, carry, identify and merchandise the product.
MICROBIAL LOAD IN MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS is determined by Total viable count /Total plate count (TVC/TPC), Coliform count, Yeast and mold count, Indicator food pathogens count.
The DETERIORATIVE CHANGES IN MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS are usually depicted by color change (change in myoglobin), slime formation (microbial colonies), whiskers (fungus) and putrefied odor (proteolysis, lipolysis, fat oxidation) which makes it unfit for human consumption.
The holding of unprocessed meat above the freezing point (-1.5oC) in absence of microbial spoilage is known as ageing or conditioning of meat.