Share

IIR document

Humidification of retail display cases for meat, fruit and vegetables.

Author(s) : BROWN T., EVANS J. A.

Summary

The effects of ultrasonic humidification systems on unwrapped meat in a chilled serve-over retail display case and on fruits and vegetables in an upright display case were assessed. Evaporative weight losses from meat samples were reduced from a mean of 1.68 to 0.62% after 14 h. Reductions for fruit and vegetables were highly variable, with the largest being from 40 to 23% after 7 days. Display life of meat was extended from 14 hours to over 24 hours. For fruits and vegetables, display lives of between 2 and 5 days were extended to between 4 and 7 days. The microbial quality of all samples was largely unaffected. Legionella spp. were not isolated. Humidification resulted in small increases in air and meat temperatures, highlighting the need for careful assessment of defrost patterns. No appreciable differences in fruit and vegetable temperatures were found, despite a small increase in air temperatures.

Available documents

Format PDF

Pages: ICR07-C2-1233

Available

  • Public price

    20 €

  • Member price*

    Free

* Best rate depending on membership category (see the detailed benefits of individual and corporate memberships).

Details

  • Original title: Humidification of retail display cases for meat, fruit and vegetables.
  • Record ID : 2007-2658
  • Languages: English
  • Source: ICR 2007. Refrigeration Creates the Future. Proceedings of the 22nd IIR International Congress of Refrigeration.
  • Publication date: 2007/08/21

Links


See other articles from the proceedings (839)
See the conference proceedings

Indexing