Red meat

Historically, the rules governing red meat food safety in the U.S. were driven as much by global trade and industry rationalization as by food safety. Contemporary and historical documents, statutes, and regulations; a survey of producer and farmers' market representatives; and key informant interviews show that these rules, and their implementation, have affected the current development of niche marketing opportunities. Three significant issues arise from this research: a) the elimination of the state meat inspections limits producer access to slaughter; b) the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) rule limits producer access to processing; and c) uncertainty at the local level limits producer access to direct markets. We conclude that the accumulated rules affect producers' quality of life; and they raise several issues about the relationship between sustainability and policy including barrier mitigation, balancing competing qualities, and the effects of the ...

Rosemary essential oil (REO) contains bioactives having antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. This work investigated the effect of REO combined with modified atmosphere packaging conditions (MAP), in our case, aerobic, vacuum or high O2, to extend the shelf life of beef. Beef slices were wrapped in special three-layer sheets of packaging material, some with a coating of REO (active packaging, AP), and some without REO (non active packaging, NAP), and stored at 4°C for 20days. The use of REO proved efficacious in every storage condition, as seen in the lower counts of psychrotrophics, Brochothrix thermosphacta, Pseudomonas spp., and Enterobacteriaceae in AP meat compared to NAP meat. Sensory and colourimetric analyses showed that the best packaging conditions were high-O2 atmosphere in combination with REO. Based on microbiological data, shelf life of beef was 5-6days for AP samples packaged under aerobic conditions and 14-15days for AP samples in high-O2 conditions.

استهدف البحث دراسة تطور الإنتاج والاستهلاك ومتوسط نصيب الفرد من اللحوم الحمراء واللحوم البيضاء، دراسة أهم المتغيرات المؤثرة على الكمية المستهلكة منهما، التنبؤ بالكمية المستهلكة حتى عام 2022.واستخدم تحليل الانحدار المتعدد لتحديد أهم العوامل الاقتصادية المؤثرة على استهلاك اللحوم الحمراء واللحوم البيضاء، كما تم التنبؤ بالكمية المستهلكة منهما للفترة 2017-2022 باستخدام عدد من النماذج ثم اختيار أفضلها. وتبين أن إجمالي إنتاج واستهلاك اللحوم الحمراء في مصر اتجه للزيادة بمعدل تغير سنوي بلغ نحو 1.40%،2.87%، وبتقدير أهم المتغيرات الاقتصادية المؤثرة على الكمية المستهلكة من اللحوم الحمراء تبين أنها: إنتاج اللحوم الحمراء، عدد السكان(+)، سعر التجزئة الحقيقي للحوم الحمراء(-)، السعر العالمي للحوم الحمراء المجمدة(-)، سعر التجزئة للحوم البيضاء(+). وتبين أن أفضل نموذج للتنبؤ وفقاً لمعايير تقييم النماذج هو النموذج التربيعي مع الاتجاه، وبلغ معامل الارتباط بين القيم الفعلية والقيم التنبؤية (بعد التحقق Ex-Post Forecast) حوالي 0.918 وهو أعلى معامل ارتباط لجميع النماذج التي تم اختبارها. أما فيما يتعلق باللحوم البيضاء فقد تبين أن إجمالي الإنتاج والاستهلاك اتجه للزيادة بمعدل تغير سنوي 3.25%، 3.66%.وأن أهم المتغيرات الاقتصادية المؤثرة على الكمية المستهلكة من اللحوم البيضاء هي كمية إنتاج اللحوم البيضاء(+)، عدد السكان (+)، سعر التجزئة الحقيقي للأسماك (+)، سعر التجزئة الحقيقي للحوم البيضاء (-). وتبين أن أفضل نموذج للتنبؤ هو نموذج آريما (0,2,2)، وبلغ معامل الارتباط بين القيم الفعلية والقيم التنبؤية حوالي 0.977.
الكلمات الدليلية: استهلاك اللحوم الحمراء، استهلاك اللحوم البيضاء، التنبؤ، معدل النمو

The COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.3% and the death per million of 345 in India are better than the corresponding values in the USA and most of Europe despite better health infrastructure in these countries. The mean COVID fatality rate of Europe and a few countries in America is seven times that of India. This warrants a systematic study of the factors behind this conspicuous disparity. It is time to study lifestyle and other factors that may be related to recovery with minimal medical intervention or serious complications, leading to belated recovery and sometimes mortality. Obesity and excessive consumption of soft drinks, red meat and processed food may have a role to play in the European and American countries. On the other hand, the use of turmeric, black pepper, ginger in daily cooking, consumption of Indian gooseberry, Tulasi, different decoctions (Kashaya) and practice of various immune-boosting breathing exercises including yoga might have had a role in India. A detailed study involving a sizable number of cases of recovery and death in India, USA and some European countries will throw light on these factors behind the significant differences. The results shall provide crucial learning to the world for managing future waves and pandemics.

The palatability and chemical composition of Longissimus lumborum muscles from 24 Boer goat castrates (eight goats per treatment), finished on diets varying in energy content (9.7, 10.2 and 10.6MJ ME/kg feed), were evaluated by a trained sensory panel on a line scale ranging from low to high intensity for aroma, flavour and texture attributes. Physical measurements as well as proximate analysis were performed for each sample. No differences (P>0.05) were found between the dietary treatments for any of the attributes analysed. Lamb flavour and aroma were the most prominent attributes, while only low levels of goat-like flavours were detected. Juiciness and tenderness had a strong correlation (r=0.864) and were rated to be moderate. The findings suggest that energy density of feedlot diets can be varied to still produce chevon with uniform meat quality characteristics.

IgE to alpha-gal poses a significant threat to public health. While eating meat may seem innocuous to most, if IgE to alpha-gal is present in a human at the time of consumption it can cause urticaria to delayed-onset anaphylaxis resulting in death. The primary vector of transmission, the Lone star tick (Ambylomma americanum), is prevalent in central and eastern parts of Virginia, and will continue to increase in number of intensity burgeoning the entire eastern half of the state in the near future. Considering habitat and land use, modeling predictive bite forecasting will result in a thorough analysis of the distribution of the alpha-gal vector, A. americanum in Virginian counties. Combined with IRB-approved subject research on the alpha-gal allergy, the aim is to identify a categorical projection of potential incidence of tick bites and IgE allergy acquisition. Results indicate that location of tick bites in relation to tick distribution does not directly correlate. It appears people typically travel west of their home locations to
where the ticks are most populated. These factors suggest the ticks are more prevalent in the same areas people are settling due to climate and habitat rather than population of people.

Mainstream dietary recommendations now commonly advise people to minimize the intake of red meat for health and environmental reasons. Most recently, a major report issued by the EAT-Lancet Commission recommended a planetary reference diet mostly based on plants and with no or very low (14 g/d) consumption of red meat. We argue that claims about the health dangers of red meat are not only improbable in the light of our evolutionary history, they are far from being supported by robust scientific evidence.

Explaining the current market with recent livestock and red meat production and price statictics. Giving information about the various government & official incentives including IPARD program. Also includes city recommendation and suggestions for potential investors.

Ozonation of a real red-meat-processing wastewater was conducted in a semi-batch reactor to explore the possibility of the water reuse. The experimental results revealed that ozone was very effective in disinfection of the red-meat-processing wastewater. After 8 min of ozonation with an applied ozone dose of 23.09 mg min−1 liter−1 of wastewater, 99% of aerobic bacteria, total coliforms and Escherichiacoli were inactivated. Empirical models were developed to predict the microbial inactivation efficacy of ozone from the CT values for the real red-meat-processing wastewater. A correlation was also derived to estimate the CT values from the applied ozone dose and the ozone contact time. The results also revealed that under the ozonation condition for 99% inactivation of aerobic bacteria, total coliforms and E coli, the decrease in the chemical oxygen demand and the 5-day biological oxygen demand of the wastewater were 10.7% and 23.6%, respectively. However, ozonation under this condition neither improved the light transmission nor reduced the total suspended solids (TSS) despite of the decolorization of the wastewater after ozonation. Copyright © 2005 Society of Chemical Industry

This qualitative study is based on interviews with young Irish men living in London, regarding their diets and their views on healthy eating. The data were analysed using thematic analysis. Interviewees gave various reasons for adopting unhealthy eating habits ...

One of the 10 universal guidelines for healthy nutrition in a report of the World Cancer Research Fund released at the end of 2007 is to "limit intake of red meat and avoid processed meat", as a result of the "convincing evidence" for an association with an increased risk of colorectal cancer development. In the present paper, the scientific evidence for the association between processed meats intake and colorectal cancer development is explored and the most probable hypothesis on the mechanism underlying this relationship formulated. It seems that the present state of knowledge is not well understood but relates to a combination of haem iron, oxidative stress, formation of N-nitroso compounds and related residues in the digestive tract as the causal factors. Although criticisms of the inaccurate definition of processed meats and the insufficient accounting for the large variability in composition of meat products have been expressed, it is clear that the report ...

Artificial selection towards a desired phenotype/trait has modified the genomes of livestock dramatically that generated breeds that greatly differ in morphology, production and environmental adaptation traits. Angus cattle are among the famous cattle breeds developed for superior beef quality. This paper aimed at exploring genomic regions under selection in Angus cattle that are associated with meat quality traits and other associated phenotypes. The whole genome of 10 Angus cattle was compared with 11 Hanwoo (A-H) and 9 Jersey (A-J) cattle breeds using a cross-population composite likelihood ratio (XP-CLR) statistical method. The top 1% of the empirical distribution was taken as significant and annotated using UMD3.1. As a result, 255 and 210 genes were revealed under selection from A-H and A-J comparisons, respectively. The WebGestalt gene ontology analysis resulted in sixteen (A-H) and five (A-J) significantly enriched KEGG pathways. Several pathways associated with meat quality...