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The assessment of pig meat paleness by reflectance photometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

D. B. MacDougall
Affiliation:
Meat and Livestock Commission, Hitchin Road, Stotfold, Hitchin, Herts.
A. Cuthbertson
Affiliation:
Meat and Livestock Commission, Hitchin Road, Stotfold, Hitchin, Herts.
R. J. Smith
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Council, Meat Research Institute, Longford, nr Bristol
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Summary

A portable EEL reflectometer was modified to measure the variations in the brightness of pig meat. The instrument was calibrated spectrophotometrically with reference to the luminous reflectance of standardized materials and selected meat samples. A very satisfactory level of agreement between the instrument and the visual assessment of muscle paleness was found in an investigation involving 251 pigs.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1969

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