Improving the Sensory and Nutritional Quality of Fresh Meat

Part 1 Understanding meat quality: Trends in meat consumption and the need for fresh meat and meat products of improved quality: Biology and regulation of carcass composition; Fresh meat texture and tenderness; Meat colour; Flavour development in meat; Fresh meat water-holding capacity; The nutritional quality of meat; Sensory evaluation of fresh meat. Part 2 Improving the quality of fresh meat: Genetic and genomic technologies: New insights into the biology of meat quality from genomic and proteomic perspectives with particular emphasis on beef; Genetic and genomic approaches to improving pork quality; Genetic and genomic approaches to improving sheep meat quality; Use of meat quality information in breeding programmes; Genetic based diagnostic tools for predicting meat quality. Part 3 Improving the quality of fresh meat: Production strategies: Optimising the nutritional profile of beef; Optimising the nutritional and sensorial profile of pork; Using antioxidants and nutraceuticals as dietary supplements to improve the quality and shelf life of fresh meat; Organic meat quality; Improving the quality of meat from ratites; Improving the meat quality of venison and other exotic game. Part 4 Improving the quality of fresh meat: Processing strategies: Automated grading of beef carcasses; Determining the lean content of pork carcasses; New methods for analysis of factors affecting meat eating quality; Chilling and freezing of meat and its effect on meat quality; Carcass interventions and meat tenderness; Sensory and quality properties of packaged meat; Characterising muscle properties to develop muscle-specific intervention strategies and improve meat cuts for the consumer; Animal welfare and meat quality.