Published in Scientific Works. Series C. Veterinary Medicine, Vol. LXIX, Issue 1
Written by Raluca-Aniela GHEORGHE-IRIMIA, Manuella MILITARU
Food products preservation was and will be of general interest, especially due to the current challenges faced by the industry. In this regard, data collection methods diversity represents an opportunity for extending the current knowledge in meat preservation. Meat and meat products microscopical imaging leads to obtaining some extremely useful information that cannot be substituted by any numerical equivalents of other comparative methods. This fact has been noted in many countries worldwide and was adopted as a complementary method for assessing the integrity, quality and shelf life of food products. In this regard, the aim of this literature review was to assess the benefits of using the histological method for freshness determination in meat and meat products, along with the documented procedure and interpretation.
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