SENSORY AND MICROBIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF IRRADIATED BLUEJACK MACKEREL (TRACHURUS-PICTURATUS)

Authors
SILVA HA NUNES ML EMPIS JMA
Citation
Ha. Silva et al., SENSORY AND MICROBIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF IRRADIATED BLUEJACK MACKEREL (TRACHURUS-PICTURATUS), Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 66(2), 1994, pp. 175-180
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture,"Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture → ACNP
ISSN journal
00225142
Volume
66
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
175 - 180
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-5142(1994)66:2<175:SAMAOI>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Bluejack mackerel caught off the Portuguese coast were irradiated with pasteurising doses of 1, 2 and 3 kGy using a Co-60 gamma source; they were compared with a non-irradiated control sample for external appea rance in the raw fish and for texture, flavour, odour, humidity and co lour in the cooked muscle, by a group of experienced panellists. Diffe rences were found between the control and the irradiated samples but n ot among them. An extension of two to three times the shelf-life was o btained.