General differences exist between frozen meat products and many other frozen foods. The most obvious difference is the size of the product pieces, with most frozen meat products having larger masses. This results in longer freezing times and higher operating costs for many meat and poultry processors.
Summer is over and school has started. Each year with the start of school there is a flurry of school related activities such, as band competitions and football games. These extracurricular activities always have a portion of their expenses for which they must generate funds.
When government and industry were looking for a way to identify more rapidly the presence of the pathogenic Clostridium perfringens bacterium in food and water, Daniel Fung of Kansas State University realized he had a potential solution on his shelf.