title: Investigation of methods to detect mechanically recovered meat in meat products - III: Microscopy.
abstract: This was a preliminary study to investigate whether hyaline cartilage could be easily identified in mechanically recovered meat (MRM) and whether its presence could be used as a possible marker for MRM in meat products. MRMs produced from beef, pork, lamb, chicken and turkey, using a variety of machine types and processing conditions, were compared to both minced and colloid milled hand-deboned samples, using a chemical staining technique followed by examination using the light microscope. The methodology was tested on various mixtures of MRM and hand-deboned meat. Although this technique, as with most microscopy techniques generally, is not suitable for quantitative determinations, the results indicate that light microscopy could be used as a useful screening method.
authors: Laboratory of the Government Chemist, Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LY, UK.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Pickering
authors: C L
authors: CL
authors: Evans
authors: K D
authors: KD
authors: Hargin
authors: C A
authors: CA
authors: Stewart