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Figure 25.7. Dispersions of meat tissue with fibers in transversal direction (Castro-Giráldez et al. 2007a).
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Meat Qualitymeter® from Tecpro (U.S.), application is to detect the fraudulent addi-
which analyzes some chemical and physical tion of water in meat products (Kent et al.
properties as an ATP content using low-fre- 2000, 2001, 2002). It was also employed to
quencies or RFM1000 from Process-sensor measure water activity in proteic gels (Clerjon
Corporation, which uses high frequencies to et al. 2003). A microwave sensor for control-
analyze chemical properties as moisture. ling meat and fish freshness was developed,
On the safety side, bioimpedance spec- based on the change in dielectric properties
troscopy has been used to determine micro- due to the reduction of muscle anisotropy
bial levels in meat. Kim et al
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