Field evaluation of the application of time temperature integrators for monitoring fish quality in the chill chain

Giannakourou, MC; Koutsoumanis, K; Nychas, GJE; Taoukis, PS

dc.contributor.author	Giannakourou, MC	en
dc.contributor.author	Koutsoumanis, K	en
dc.contributor.author	Nychas, GJE	en
dc.contributor.author	Taoukis, PS	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:22:24Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:22:24Z
dc.date.issued	2005	en
dc.identifier.issn	0168-1605	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/16553
dc.subject	Field test	en
dc.subject	Fish	en
dc.subject	Shelf life	en
dc.subject	TTI (time temperature integrators)	en
dc.subject.classification	Food Science & Technology	en
dc.subject.classification	Microbiology	en
dc.subject.other	algorithm	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	bacterial growth	en
dc.subject.other	comparative study	en
dc.subject.other	controlled study	en
dc.subject.other	evaluation	en
dc.subject.other	fish	en
dc.subject.other	laboratory	en
dc.subject.other	microbiology	en
dc.subject.other	model	en
dc.subject.other	monitoring	en
dc.subject.other	nonhuman	en
dc.subject.other	Pseudomonas	en
dc.subject.other	quality control	en
dc.subject.other	reliability	en
dc.subject.other	simulation	en
dc.subject.other	technique	en
dc.subject.other	temperature	en
dc.subject.other	temperature measurement	en
dc.subject.other	validation process	en
dc.subject.other	Animals	en
dc.subject.other	Food Handling	en
dc.subject.other	Food Microbiology	en
dc.subject.other	Food Preservation	en
dc.subject.other	Kinetics	en
dc.subject.other	Models, Biological	en
dc.subject.other	Quality Control	en
dc.subject.other	Seafood	en
dc.subject.other	Temperature	en
dc.subject.other	Time Factors	en
dc.subject.other	Sparus aurata	en
dc.title	Field evaluation of the application of time temperature integrators for monitoring fish quality in the chill chain	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2004.11.037	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2004.11.037	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2005	en
heal.abstract	The applicability of time temperature integrators (TTI) as effective tools of chill chain monitoring was assessed. Validated kinetic models of pseudomonads growth of Mediterranean, marine-cultured chilled gilt-head seabream (Sparus aurata) and full knowledge of the response of suitable enzymatic TTI are the basis of the TTI application algorithm. This scheme was evaluated through a controlled field test of exported fish, from harvest to final consumption. Response of TTI attached on different locations of packages was compared to actual temperature recording. Data that could not be obtained during the actual field test, such as microbiological or sensory tests of fish at intermediate points of the chain, were measured in a replicate laboratory study, simulating the handling of products and the real time-temperature profiles of the field test. The conducted field tests showed the applicability and usefulness of TTI monitoring of the fish chill chain, elucidating also the practical difficulties and limitations, that need to be addressed for expanding TTI use as a reliable management tool. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV	en
heal.journalName	International Journal of Food Microbiology	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2004.11.037	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000231010200006	en
dc.identifier.volume	102	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	323	en
dc.identifier.epage	336	en