CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences: Meat Industry Services
Publications Library
Slaughter and Dressing
Stunning and slaughter - general aspects
Skinning and evisceration
Edible co-products
Inedible co-products and rendering
Meat storage
Meat transportation
Publications relating to Stunning and slaughter - general aspects
Meat Technology Update Newsletters 
- Producing quality sheep meat MTU 6/07 – December 2007
- Water reuse in the meat industry – opportunities and issues. MTU 1/05 – February 2005
- Pathogen reduction interventions for carcases. MTU 2/03 – April 2003
- Electrical inputs during beef processing. MTU 1/06 – February 2006
- Slaughter floor electrical inputs for beef carcases. MTU 3/04 – June 2004
- Processing factors affecting sheep meat quality. MTU 6/05 – December 2005
- Sheep meat eating quality. MTU 3/00 – June 2000
- Prevention of fresh meat colour defects. MTU 2/00 – April 2000
- Post-slaughter aspects of beef eating quality. MTU 4/99 – July 1999
- A critical control point approach to beef eating quality. MTU 1/99 – February 1999
- Noise control in processing areas. MTU 6/97 – December 1997
- Lighting in meat processing areas. MTU 3/97 – June 1997
Information Sheets
Publications relating to Skinning and evisceration
Meat Technology Update Newsletters
- Sheep and lamb dressing. MTU 6/01 – December 2001
- Smallstock slaughter and oesophageal occlusion. MTU 1/00 – February 2000
Publications relating to Edible co-products
Meat Technology Update Newsletters
- Freezing of hot offals. MTU 6/04 – December 2004
- Alternative techniques for the hygienic processing of offal. MTU 5/01 – September 2001
- Blood products. MTU 5/03 – September 2003
- Optimising blood collection. MTU 4/03 – June 2003
Information Sheets
- Increased blood collection from lamb carcases. June 2003
- Tallow. 1997
Publications relating to Inedible co-products and rendering
Meat Technology Update Newsletters
- Solid waste management MTU 1/08 – February 2008
- Tracking rendering costs. MTU 3/07 – June 2007
- Composting of slaughterhouse waste material and deadstock. MTU 5/02 – September 2002
- Short-term preservation of hides and skins. MTU 3/98 – June 1998
- Odour management. MTU 2/02 – April 2002
- Sheep and lamb dressing. MTU 6/01 – December 2001
Information Sheets
- Manufacture of bovine serum albumin
- Bovine collagen isinglass
- Speciality meats
- Potential uses for the by-product of IMP production
- Biogenic amines in meat meal
- Preparation of bone stock
- Restructured meat using bovine plasma products
- Techniques for the separation of meat meal into its components
- Opportunities for high-ash meat meals as organic fertilisers
- Edible meat powders and extracts
- Edible collagen films July 2001
- Isolated muscle protein IMP manufacture
- Stickwater recovery
- Preparation of meat meal for inclusion in pet foods
- Recovery of specific proteins and enzymes from blood and offal Part 1: Aprotinin, transglutaminase, fibronectin and related proteins
- Recovery of specific proteins and enzymes from blood and offal Part 2: Growth factors
- Nutritive specifications of meat-meal-based aquaculture diets
- Methods for handling dry dumped paunch contents. August 2002
- Tallow as a heating fuel. September 2002
- Increased blood collection from lamb carcases. June 2003
- Tallow. 1997
- Meat and bone meal. 1997
- Validation of rendering processes. October 2005
- Rendering. 1997
- Rendering systems. 1997
- Cleaning of a rendering plant. 1997
- Environmental control in the rendering industry. 1997
Publications relating to Meat storage
Meat Technology Update Newsletters
- Lactic acid bacteria MTU 5/07 – October 2007
- Shelf-life testing: methods for determining the claimable life of meat products. MTU 2/06 – April 2006
- 'Use-by' and 'best before' dates. MTU 3/03
- 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
- Prevention of fresh meat colour defects. MTU 2/00 – April 2000
- The chilled, vacuum packed meat cold chain. MTU 5/00 – October 2000
- Tenderstretch. MTU 1/04 – February 2004
- Tenderstretch. MTU 2/98 – April 1998
- Processing factors affecting sheep meat quality. MTU 6/05 – December 2005
- Sheep meat eating quality. MTU 3/00 – June 2000
- Post-slaughter aspects of beef eating quality. MTU 4/99 – July 1999
- Modified atmosphere packaging of meat. MTU 4/01 – August 2001
- Gas bubbles in vacuum packaged meat. MTU 3/01 – June 2001
Information Sheets
- Storage life of meat. September 2002
- Vacuum-packed meat: storage and spoilage. November 2003
Publications relating to Meat transportation
Meat Technology Update Newsletters
- Do breaks in the cold chain affect frozen beef quality? MTU 1/07 – February 2007
- The cold chain for cartoned meat exports. MTU 2/05 – April 2005
- The chilled, vacuum packed meat cold chain. MTU 5/00 – October 2000