CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences: Meat Industry Services
Publications Library
Testing and Analysis
Publications relating to Microbiology
Meat Technology Update Newsletters 
- Lactic acid bacteria MTU 5/07 – October 2007
- How useful are microbiological criteria for fresh meat? MTU 1/02 – February 2002
- 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
- Safety in the microbiological testing laboratory. MTU 2/97 – March 1997
Information Sheets
- Testing meat for E. coli O157:H7 or H-. February 2002
- Dangerous goods. February 2002
Publications relating to Non-microbiological
Meat Technology Update Newsletters
- 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
- Understanding meat yield. MTU 4/02 – August 2002
Information Sheets
- Calibration of thermometers and temperature loggers. August 2006
- Temperature logging for calculating the refrigeration index. March 2005
- Temperature loggers for the meat industry. Updated July 2009
- Sulphur dioxide, sulphites in meat products. February 2006
- Assessing meat quality after ammonia leaks. September 2002
Publications relating to Chemical and visual lean
Meat Technology Update Newsletters
- Sampling boneless meat for chemical lean measurement. MTU 5/97 – October 1997
Information Sheets
- Sampling of cartoned meat and preparation for chemical lean determination. 1997
- Microwave method for chemical lean determination. 1997
- MQ-27 Chemical Lean Analyser. 1997
- Crude fat determination – Soxhlet method. 1998
- A guide to calibration and verification of accuracy for instruments for estimation of chemical lean content of meat for manufacturing. January 2006