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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    non sort: A
    title: Survey of Postmortem Aging Times for Beef Steaks Marketed in the Retail Channel
  name:
    name part: Kline, Helen Carter
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Savell, J. W. (Jeffrey Wyatt)
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Texas A & M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: This study was designed to determine the actual postfabrication storage time or aging time for beef rib/loin cuts sold at retail. Postmortem aging of beef is a commonly accepted practice in today's industry; however, not all members of the meat industry are utilizing this practice to its full advantage. In the surveyed retail stores, subprimals from the rib/loin regions were followed through the distribution channel to final retail package and into the meat case to measure true post-fabrication to consumer time to assess what proportion of beef was aged <14 d in the retail channel across six market regions in the southern United States. Subprimal aging time at the retail establishments surveyed averaged 26.3 d, with a range of 3 to 225 d. It was also found that 79.0% of the surveyed beef product had no production claims. Where possible, scanning information from retailers was used to measure when products arrived and when they were utilized at the store. This information allowed for a more in-depth analysis of possible trends in retail handling across four market regions in the southern United States. Data were gathered through various software inventory-tracking systems and surveys were conducted of the back room of individual stores. Also, information on weekly online retail store advertised specials was tracked to gain insight into beef items that retailers are featuring. The majority of the aging time observed in this study took place from the packer to the retailer and not from the retailer to the consumer, which had 15.2% of boxed subprimals aged <14 d. The weekly beef feature items that were collected seemed to suggest that beef items are more heavily featured around March-April and October-December when other meat items may be a more popular choice for the consumer. The electronic version of this dissertation is accessible from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155736
  note: by Helen Carter Kline.
  note: "Major Subject: Animal Science"
  note: Includes vita.
  note: Master of Science Texas A & M University 2015 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155736
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Thesis)
  subject:
    topic: Major animal science
  subject:
    topic: Beef
  subject:
    topic: Retail
  subject:
    topic: Aging
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155736
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 161130
    record change date: 20170926151120.0
    record identifier: in00003725457
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng