<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Biosensors can find application in meat and meat products testing for safety, including microbial and other contaminants, and quality, including meat freshness, beef tenderness and pork quality defects. The available biosensors enable the evaluation of freshness, the classification of tenderness of meat products, the evaluation of the glycolysis extent and the presence of the microbial and other contaminants. Since biosensors depend on receptor types, the expansion of knowledge on metabolic transformations occurring in meat contributes to the development of new potential markers and indicators. Examples include assays for glucose, lactates, hypoxanthines, calpastastins, microbial and other contaminants in meat products, augmenting conventional methods. At the same time, biosensors rely on transducers for detection, requiring achievement in many fields including nanotechnology and optics, among others. Biosensors have potential to become a fundamental tool for monitoring and controlling safety and quality of meat products in the future. Hence the aim of the present paper is to present the current state of knowledge on the application of biosensors in meat.</p></abstract>

Biosensors can find application in meat and meat products testing for safety, including microbial and other contaminants, and quality, including meat freshness, beef tenderness and pork quality defects. The available biosensors enable the evaluation of freshness, the classification of tenderness of meat products, the evaluation of the glycolysis extent and the presence of the microbial and other contaminants. Since biosensors depend on receptor types, the expansion of knowledge on metabolic transformations occurring in meat contributes to the development of new potential markers and indicators. Examples include assays for glucose, lactates, hypoxanthines, calpastastins, microbial and other contaminants in meat products, augmenting conventional methods. At the same time, biosensors rely on transducers for detection, requiring achievement in many fields including nanotechnology and optics, among others. Biosensors have potential to become a fundamental tool for monitoring and controlling safety and quality of meat products in the future. Hence the aim of the present paper is to present the current state of knowledge on the application of biosensors in meat.

Biosensors in Evaluation of Quality of Meat and Meat Products – A Review

Department of Food Gastronomy and Food Hygiene

Annals of Animal Science

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Biosensors can find application in meat and meat products testing for safety, including microbial and other contaminants, and quality, including meat...

Biosensors in Evaluation of Quality of Meat and Meat Products – A Review

Published Online: Nov 07, 2020

Page range: 1151 - 1168

Received: Oct 29, 2019

Accepted: May 18, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2020-0057

Keywords
biosensors, meat safety, meat quality, meat freshness, rapid detection

© 2020 Barbara Sionek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Biosensors in Evaluation of Quality of Meat and Meat Products – A Review

Published Online: Nov 07, 2020

Page range: 1151 - 1168

Received: Oct 29, 2019

Accepted: May 18, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2020-0057

Keywordsbiosensors, meat safety, meat quality, meat freshness, rapid detection

© 2020 Barbara Sionek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
biosensors, meat safety, meat quality, meat freshness, rapid detection