Meat Industry Services

CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences: Meat Industry Services

Boning and Packaging

Boning

Packaging

Meat Technology Update Newsletters

• Towards automated boning – a case study: sheep boning equipment. MTU 4/06 – August 2006
• Effect of hot boning on meat quality. MTU 1/01 – February 2001
• Beef fat quality. MTU 7/99 – December 1999

Meat Technology Update Newsletters

• Gas bubbles in vacuum packaged meat. MTU 3/01 – June 2001
• 'Use-by' and 'best before' dates. MTU 3/03
• Prevention of fresh meat colour defects. MTU 2/00 – April 2000
• Processing factors affecting sheep meat quality. MTU 6/05 – December 2005

Information Sheets

• Vacuum-packed meat: storage and spoilage. November 2003
• Active and other novel packaging
• Boning-room layout
• Fibreboard cartons for chilled meat
• Modified-atmosphere packaging of chilled primal cuts and carcases
• Packaging options for case-ready chilled meats Part 1 - General & vacuum packaging
• Packaging options for case-ready chilled meats Part 2 - Modified-atmosphere packaging
• Vacuum packaging primal cuts 2000