Monitoring of the quality of modified atmosphere packaged broiler chicken cuts stored in different temperature conditions: A. Time-temperature indicators as quality-indicating tools

Maria Smolander; Hanna-Leena Alakomi; Tiina Ritvanen; Jukka Vainionpää; Raija Ahvenainen

doi:10.1016/S0956-7135(03)00061-6

Monitoring of the quality of modified atmosphere packaged broiler chicken cuts stored in different temperature conditions: A. Time-temperature indicators as quality-indicating tools

Maria Smolander^*
, Hanna-Leena Alakomi
, Tiina Ritvanen
, Jukka Vainionpää
, Raija Ahvenainen

^*Corresponding author for this work

National Veterinary and Food Research Institute

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Abstract

The applicability of time–temperature indicators (TTIs) for the quality control of modified atmosphere packaged broiler chicken cuts was evaluated at various constant and variable temperature conditions. It was found that microbiological shelf-life could be considerably improved when the cold-chain was carefully maintained. Temperature had a critical effect on the amount of Enterobacteriaceae, proteolytic bacteria, hydrogen sulphide producing bacteria and clostridia, the microbial groups most likely to have an effect on the sensory quality. The results also indicate that TTIs seemed to be useful tools for evaluation of the quality of broiler chicken cuts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	217-229
Journal	Food Control
Volume	15
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0956-7135(03)00061-6
Publication status	Published - 2004
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Time temperature indicators
Freshness
Poultry

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Monitoring of the quality of modified atmosphere packaged broiler chicken cuts stored in different temperature conditions: A. Time-temperature indicators as quality-indicating tools. / Smolander, Maria ; Alakomi, Hanna-Leena; Ritvanen, Tiina et al.
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