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S C Seideman1, C Vanderzant1, G C Smith1
1Meats and Muscle Biology Section, Department of Animal Science, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
Abstract:
Beef, pork and lamb loins were vacuum-packaged as subprimal cuts, vacuum-packaged as reformed subprimal cuts, vacuum-packaged as retail cuts or packaged in modified gas atmospheres as retail cuts. Cuts were stored and evaluated, after 0, 7, 14 or 21 days of storage, for surface discoloration and overall appearance. Gas analysis of the heads pace of packages was also obtained. In all vacuum packaging treatments, the percentage of CO2, increased and the percentage of O2, decreased with increased storage. The gas composition in modified gas atmosphere packages changed little during the 21-day study. Using systems and gas combinations involved in the present study, retail cuts of beef, pork and lamb could not be successfully precut, retail-packaged and stored for 7 to 21 days in vacuum or modified gas atmospheres. Vacuum-packaged retail cuts and retail cuts stored in modified gas atmospheres sustained extensive surface discoloration and were of unsatisfactory appearance, even after only 7 days of storage and 1 day of retail display. Conversely, storage of retail cuts as vacuum-packaged reformed subprimal cuts for 7 to 21 days decreased (P < .05) surface discoloration and improved (P < .05) overall appearance in comparison to retail cuts from loins stored as subprimals for comparable times in vacuum packages.
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