Hygienic-sanitary quality of ground beef

Influence of attitudes and behavior of milkers on the hygienic and sanitary quality of milk

Recognizing how human behaviors affect the milk process can be useful to understand variations in hygienic and sanitary parameters in bulk tank milk. Furthermore, this knowledge could be used to design management programs that guarantee milk quality, favoring the optimization of such processes. Forty-six milkers from the same number of dairy farms in Antioquia province (Colombia) were interview...

Uniform Sanitary Epidemiological and Hygienic Requirements for Products subject to Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision (Control)

Bacteriological quality and shelf life of ground beef.

The bacteriological quality of unfrozen raw ground beef was evaluated after 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18 days of storage at 29 +/- 1 F (-1.7 +/- 0.6 C). At the time of fabrication, all of the ground beef samples contained 10(6) or fewer total aerobic and psychrotrophic bacteria/g; 81% contained 100 or fewer coliforms/g; 94% contained 100 or fewer Escherichia coli/g; and all of the samples contain...

Effect of packaging, freezing and thawing of ground beef on the quality of beef patties

Retail stores often offer discounts on purchases of large amounts of meat. Some of the meat is prepared the same day, and some is stored for later use. This study evaluates the effect of retail packaging, freezing and thawing on the quality of beef patties. Loosely ground beef was retail-packed in: (1) highly permeable wrap, and (2) high oxygen MAP. The meat was subsequently refrigerated at 4°C...

Antimicrobial Interventions and Application Time Effects on Ground Beef Quality