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Development and application of a TTI based safety monitoring and assurance system for chilled meat products (SMAS)

Reference	BBS/E/F/00041563
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Jozsef Baranyi
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Quadram Institute Bioscience Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	36,183
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/01/2003
End date	31/12/2005
Duration	36 months

Abstract

The aim of this research project is to develop a reliable and practical Time-Temperature Integrator (TTI) system to monitor the safety of meat products from manufacture to consumption. The project will apply mathematical/statistical techniques and predictive software tools to model and predict the growth of bacteria dominating meat products. The novelty of the TTI-based systems is that it takes into account that the temperature of the food environment can change with time. This is vital input for dynamic mathematical models predicting bacterial kinetics under fluctuating temperatures. The produced bacterial TTI-system will be systematically tested and the results will be modelled; their effectiveness and accuracy will be demonstrated. The output of the project will help the European meat industry to monitor and improve the safety and quality of their products. Legislative authorities and, in the end of the day, consumers will benefit from the developed system.

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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