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Apr 14, 2016
We have all seen it, we go to the grocery store and pick out the perfect package or hamburger meat or a set of pork chops and sitting in the bottom of the package is a pinkish liquid. This liquid which can sometimes be found at the bottom of a meat package and coming out of a just prepared steak is what meat scientists call “purge.”
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Dec 17, 2015
To use the Grass-fed label on a beef package, the USDA requires that the cattle were (1) Only allowed to eat grass or hay for their entire lives; (2) Never given grain or grain byproducts; and (3) Allowed access to pasture during the growing season.
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Dec 14, 2015
Meat and poultry are composed of naturally occurring water, muscle, connective tissue, fat, and bone.
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Nov 23, 2015
Although raw chicken and turkey can carry bacteria on their surfaces, research has shown that washing raw poultry under running water in your kitchen sink is a bad idea.
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Nov 12, 2015
As on any perishable meat, fish or poultry, bacteria can be found on raw or undercooked chicken. They multiply rapidly at temperatures between 40 °F and 140 °F (4.4 °C and 60 °C) -- out of refrigeration and before thorough cooking occurs.
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Oct 23, 2015
Muscle tissue can be of three types: skeletal, cardiac, and smooth. Skeletal muscle is attached directly or indirectly to the bone and facilitates movement and/or gives support to the body.
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Jul 31, 2015
Muscle tissue contains many different proteins with many different functions. Meat proteins are grouped in three general classifications: (1) myofibrillar, (2) stromal, and (3) sarcoplasmic. Each class of proteins differs as to the functional properties it contributes to meat.
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Jun 10, 2015
Mechanically separated poultry (chicken or turkey) is a low-cost poultry protein, which is produced by mechanically separating bone and attached skeletal muscle. MSC provides a cost-effective poultry protein to a variety of processed meat and poultry products. The finely chopped poultry product can be used in a number of products including large and small diameter sausages, nuggets, and patties.
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