Meat Industry Services

CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences: Meat Industry Services

Chilling and Freezing

Chilling and freezing - general aspects

Refrigeration index

Meat Technology Update Newsletters

• Beef carcase chilling - opportunities for customising programs MTU 2/07 – April 2007
• Do breaks in the cold chain affect frozen beef quality? MTU 1/07 – February 2007
• Freezing of hot offals. MTU 6/04 - December 2004
• Spray chilling of carcases and sides. MTU 3/02 - June 2002
• The cold chain for cartoned meat exports. MTU 2/05 - April 2005
• The chilled, vacuum packed meat cold chain. MTU 5/00 - October 2000
• Refrigeration principles. MTU 4/98 - June 1998
• Principles of chilling. MTU 1/97 - February 1997
• Evaporative weight losses during processes. MTU 1/03 - February 2003
• The causes of drip in meat. MTU 6/02 - December 2002
• Frozen meat: loss of water and freezer burn. MTU 6/00 - December 2000

Information Sheets

• Temperature rises in frozen cartons when pallets are exposed to ambient conditions or transported on non-refrigerated trucks. July 2007
• Temperature rises in frozen cartons when containers are off power. June 2007
• Refrigeration equipment. 1997
• Refrigeration energy strategies. 1997
• Storage life of meat. September 2002
• High rigor temperature and toughening in beef. September 2002
• Oxy torches and their effect on meat colour. September 2002

Meat Technology Update Newsletters

• Predictive microbiology for comparing the performance of carcase chilling patterns. MTU 5/04 – October 2004
• Validation of critical limits during chilling. MTU 4/04 – August 2004

Information Sheets

• Temperature logging for calculating the refrigeration index. March 2005
• Temperature loggers for the meat industry. Updated July 2009
• Literature for chiller validations. September 2004
• Scientific information for validation of EMO chilling and freezing requirements. August 2003