Electrical impedance to easily discover undeclared freeze-thaw cycles in slaughtered bovine meat

Autor: Dell’Osa A. H., Battacone G., Pulina G., Fois A., Tocco F., Loviselli A., Concu A., Velluzzi F.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Electrical Bioimpedance, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 3-10 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1891-5469
DOI: 10.2478/joeb-2021-0002
Popis: A portable electrical impedance spectroscopy device was developed to monitor the bioimpedance resistive component of bovine meat by injecting a sinusoidal current of 1 mA at 65 kHz. Both right and left longissimus dorsi muscles were trimmed from 4 slaughtered cows. The left muscle portions were frozen to −18 °C for 7 days while the right ones were meantime maintained at 5 °C. Mean value of impedance per length (Ω/cm) of frozen and thawed left samples was 31% lower than that of right non-frozen one (P = 0.0001). It was concluded that the device is reliable for monitoring the maturation of beef meat in situ with the possibility of revealing undeclared freeze-thaw cycles.
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