A comprehensive reference for the poultry industry--"Volume 2" describes poultry processing from raw meat to final retail products

With an unparalleled level of coverage, the "Handbook of Poultry Science and Technology" provides an up-to-date and comprehensive reference on poultry processing. "Volume 2: Secondary Processing" covers processing poultry from raw meat to uncooked, cooked or semi-cooked retail products. It includes the scientific, technical, and engineering principles of poultry processing, methods and product categories, product manufacturing and attributes, and sanitation and safety.

"Volume 2: Secondary Processing" is divided into seven parts: Secondary processing of poultry products--an overviewMethods in processing poultry products--includes emulsions and gelations; breading and battering; mechanical deboning; marination, cooking, and curing; and non-meat ingredientsProduct manufacturing--includes canned poultry meat, turkey bacon and sausage, breaded product (nuggets), paste product (pate), poultry ham, luncheon meat, processed functional egg products, and special dietary products for the elderly, the ill, children, and infantsProduct quality and sensory attributes--includes texture and tenderness, protein and poultry meat quality, flavors, color, handling refrigerated poultry, and moreEngineering principles, operations, and equipment--includes processing equipment, thermal processing, packaging, and moreContaminants, pathogens, analysis, and quality assurance--includes microbial ecology and spoilage in poultry and poultry products; campylobacter; microbiology of ready-to-eat poultry products; and chemical and microbial analysisSafety systems in the United States--includes U.S. sanitation requirements, HACCP, U.S. enforcement tools and mechanisms

A comprehensive reference for the poultry industry--"Volume 1" describes everything from husbandry up to preservation

With an unparalleled level of coverage, the "Handbook of Poultry Science and Technology" provides an up-to-date and comprehensive reference on poultry processing. "Volume 1" describes husbandry, slaughter, preservation, and safety. It presents all the details professionals need to know beginning with live poultry through to the freezing of whole poultry and predetermined cut parts. Throughout, the coverage focuses on one paramount objective: an acceptable quality and a safe product for consumer purchase and use. The text includes safety requirements and regulatory enforcement in the United States, EU, and Asia.

"Volume 1: Primary Processing" is divided into seven parts: Poultry: biology to pre-mortem status--includes such topics as classification and biology, competitive exclusion, transportation to the slaughterhouse, and moreSlaughtering and cutting--includes the slaughterhouse building and required facilities, equipment, and operations; carcass evaluation and cutting; kosher and halal slaughter; and morePreservation: refrigeration and freezing--includes the biology and physicochemistry of poultry meat in rigor mortis under ambient temperature, as well as changes that occur during freezing and thawing; engineering principles; equipment and processes; quality; refrigeration and freezing for various facilities; and morePreservation: heating, drying, chemicals, and irradiationComposition, chemistry, and sensory attributes--includes quality characteristics, microbiology, nutritional components, chemical composition, and texture of raw poultry meatEggs--includes egg attributes, science, and technologySanitation and Safety--includes PSE, poultry-related foodborne diseases, OSHA requirements, HACCP and its application, and more

Poultry science covers raising and managing healthy chickens, turkeys, and ducks for eggs or meat. From live poultry up until retail production, "Handbook of Poultry Processing" provides an updated and comprehensive reference on everything related to the poultry industry, including scientific, technical, and engineering principles, methods, and product categories. This definitive resource covers the link between meat quality and production process, which can help in solving potential quality problems, making this two-volume set an essential tool for all practitioners, libraries, scientists, researchers, and academics in this field.