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Collaborative trial to examine the commercial application of parts of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2967/76 laying down common standards for the water content of frozen and deep frozen chickens, hens and cocks
Author(s) -
JONAS D. A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
international journal of food science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.831
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1365-2621
pISSN - 0950-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1981.tb01866.x
Subject(s) - gizzard , food science , water holding capacity , biology , toxicology , zoology
Summary Under commercial conditions the techniques described in Annexes I and III of Regulation 2967/76 are practicable. However, in interpreting the water/protein relationships of commercially produced poultry, consideration should be paid to the fact that water pick‐up during spray washing and mechanical immersion chilling is inversely related to carcase weight. Also since offal contains a higher physiological water content than chicken carcases and the carcases are always packed with a random set of washed offal their influence on the water/protein relationship of the carcase and offal combined is greater for smaller carcases than for larger ones. (In accordance with UK practice throughout this paper, offal means neck, gizzard, liver and heart.)