Japanese consumer categorisation of beef into quality grades, based on Meat Standards Australia methodology

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 325-333

  Polkinghorne, Rod J ^a   Nishimura, Takanori ^c   Neath, Kate E ^d   Watson, Ray ^b  

^a Marrinya ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Meat and Livestock Australia   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beef; Eating quality; Japanese consumer; Sensory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONSUMER; COOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COOKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

BOS;

EID: 79953049637     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2010.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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