Thermal Processing of Ready-to-Eat Meat Products
1. Edition October 2009
256 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
Thermal Processing of Ready-to-Eat Meat Products provides critical technical information on all aspects of thermal processing of RTE meat products. Edited and authored by the most experienced and knowledgeable people in the meat industry on this subject, the book addresses all technical and regulatory aspects of the production of RTE meat products, such as heat and mass transfer, pathogen lethality, post-packaging pasteurization, sanitary design, predictive equations and supportive documentation for HACCP.
Thermal Processing of Ready-to-Eat Meat Products provides critical technical information on all aspects of thermal processing of RTE meat products. Edited and authored by the most experienced and knowledgeable people in the meat industry on this subject, the book addresses all technical and regulatory aspects of the production of RTE meat products, such as heat and mass transfer, pathogen lethality, post-packaging pasteurization, sanitary design, predictive equations and supportive documentation for HACCP.
Chapter 2 Microbiology of Cooked Meats
Chapter 3 Fundamentals of Continuous Thermal Processing
Chapter 4 Thermal Processing of Slurries
Chapter 5 Processing Interventions to Inhibit Listeramonocytogenes Growth in Ready-to-Eat Meat Products
Chapter 6 Introduction to Lethality Equations
Chapter 7 Predictive Microbiology Information Portal with Particular Reference to the USDA--Pathogen Modeling Program
Chapter 8 Supporting Documentation Materials for HACCP Decisions
Chapter 9 The 10 Principles of Sanitary Design for Ready-to-Eat Processing Equipment
Chapter 10 Principles of Sanitary Design for Facilities
Chapter 11 Third Party Audits
Chapter 12 Food Safety Beyond Guidelines and Regulations
Appendix A Objectives and Critical Elements of Thermal Processing of Ready-to-Eat Meat Products
Robert E. Rust is professor emeritus in the department of Animal Science at Iowa State University, Ames, IA, and continues to serve as a consultant to the meat industry.