Very fast chilling of beef: Effects on meat quality

Meat Science

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-37

  Van Moeseke, W ^a   De Smet, S ^a   Claeys, E ^a   Demeyer, D ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beef; Meat quality; Very fast chilling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035616528     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(01)00049-3     Document Type: Article

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