Abstract

Humans have been practising the skill of meat preservation since the beginning of time, and this practice lives on in all of the foods we consume today. Primarily, meat preservation postpones the development of microorganisms like bacteria and fungi, so meat and its byproducts may sit on store shelves for longer without losing quality or flavour. Dysbiosis is the process by which any food, when exposed to organisms (bacterial and fungal), that degrade the products, changes from being edible to being inedible via denaturation of texture, color, and odor. Spoilage and a lack of storage skills during processing and analyzing generate a significant annual loss of meat and its byproducts for the economies of all countries. In general, organic material, lipid oxidation, and metabolic activity are the fundamental processes of meat deterioration. Traditional techniques for preserving food include drying, salting, pickling, and smoking, all of which aid in preservation when frozen. However, as time went on, new techniques for preserving food emerged, such as freezing, chilling, and irradiation, which significantly extended the period of preservation and made it easier to apply. Modern procedures, such as chilling and other freezing technologies, are used to preserve all manner of meat and meat products, extending their shelf life and improving their quality and texture by all but neutralizing the development of microorganisms.

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