Effect of Gamma Irradiation and Vacuum Packaging on the Shelf Life Extension of Beef Kebab during Refrigerated Storage

Authors

  • M Shakhawat Hussain Microbiology & Industrial Irradiation Division, Institute of Food & Radiation Biology (IFRB), Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), Ganakbari, Savar, GPO Box 3787, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
  • M Akter Uzzaman Microbiology & Industrial Irradiation Division, Institute of Food & Radiation Biology (IFRB), Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), Ganakbari, Savar, GPO Box 3787, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
  • M Afazal Hossain Microbiology & Industrial Irradiation Division, Institute of Food & Radiation Biology (IFRB), Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), Ganakbari, Savar, GPO Box 3787, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
  • M Khorshed Alam Microbiology & Industrial Irradiation Division, Institute of Food & Radiation Biology (IFRB), Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), Ganakbari, Savar, GPO Box 3787, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
  • M Shamsul Islam Microbiology & Industrial Irradiation Division, Institute of Food & Radiation Biology (IFRB), Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), Ganakbari, Savar, GPO Box 3787, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
  • Roksana Huque Microbiology & Industrial Irradiation Division, Institute of Food & Radiation Biology (IFRB), Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), Ganakbari, Savar, GPO Box 3787, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjm.v23i2.883

Keywords:

Beef kebab, Shelf life extension, Gamma irradiation, Vacuum packaging

Abstract

Investigation was carried out on the shelf life extension of beef kebab by gamma irradiation and vacuum packaging stored at refrigeration temperature. On the basis of combined organoleptic, chemical and microbiological evaluation a dose of 5 kGy and 2.5 kGy extended the shelf life of beef kebabs more than 4 weeks and 2 weeks respectively than the unirradiated kebabs stored at refrigeration temperature. Vacuum packaging with and without gamma irradiation was found to have no effect on the shelf life extension of beef kebab.

Keywords: Beef kebab, Shelf life extension, Gamma irradiation, Vacuum packaging 

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjm.v23i2.883

Bangladesh J Microbiol, Volume 23, Number 2, December 2006, pp 156-158

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Hussain, M. S., Uzzaman, M. A., Hossain, M. A., Alam, M. K., Islam, M. S., & Huque, R. (2008). Effect of Gamma Irradiation and Vacuum Packaging on the Shelf Life Extension of Beef Kebab during Refrigerated Storage. Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology, 23(2), 156–158. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjm.v23i2.883

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 2 (2006)

Section

Short Communications