2TS
Target Pork Quality
This series of factsheets is aimed at anybody working to improve pig meat eating quality.
- 1. Opportunities for improving the quality of pork – This updated Blueprint summarises opportunities for improving the quality of pork
- 2. The use of pH meters at pork processing plants – This describes the use of pH meters in abattoirs and details the simple inexpensive equipment that is available.
- 3. Carcase chilling systems and their impact on meat quality – This looks at the current chilling systems in England and their characteristics
- 4. Ageing and the impact on meat quality -This factsheet discusses the effects of ageing on pork quality attributes and provides recommendations on how to age pork
- 5. Evaluating pork eating quality – A guide to good practice for taste panels.
- 6. Boar taint and its control – This factsheet discusses what boar taint is, why it is a problem and how it can be controlled.
