APPLICATION OF A RAPID GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHI C METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE SHELF-LIFE OF MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGED MINCED BEEF

Authors
PAPARELLA A RUOCCO G BARBIERI B ABDULLAH B GUERZONI ME GARDINI F
Citation
A. Paparella et al., APPLICATION OF A RAPID GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHI C METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE SHELF-LIFE OF MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGED MINCED BEEF, Industrie alimentari, 33(330), 1994, pp. 980-984
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Industrie alimentari → ACNP
ISSN journal
0019901X
Volume
33
Issue
330
Year of publication
1994
Pages
980 - 984
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-901X(1994)33:330<980:AOARGC>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The change in CO2 and O2 concentration within the head space of modifi ed atmosphere packaged minced beef were evaluated; gas composition, st orage temperature and diameter of meat particles were varied according to a CCD. The variations in the gas composition were compared with th e development of mesophilic aerobic plate count and Brochothrix thermo sphacta. The results show that the increase of CO2 and the O2 depletio n correlate significantly with the time required to reach a critical t hreshold for the microbiological parameters.