The combined effect of various gas packaging atmospheres (air, vacuum and gas packaging), films of different oxygen transmission rate (OTR) and storage temperature (4 and 12°C) were investigated on the shelf-life and safety of flesh rainbow trout fillets. / Preliminary studies were done to determine the optimum packaging atmospheres to maintain the bright pink color of trout packaged in a high gas barrier film. Both vacuum and gas packaging (85% CO2:15%N2) resulted in the longest shelf-life (~28 days) in terms of color at 4°C. Based on these optimum gas atmospheres for color, shelf-life studies were performed at both refrigerated and temperature abuse conditions (12°C). / Challenges studies were also done with Listeria monocytogenes and Clostridium botulinum type E, two psychrotrophic pathogens of concern in modified atmosphere packaged (MAP) fish. / Subsequent studies were done to determine the effect of various levels of headspace oxygen (0--100%, balance CO2) or film OTR on the time to toxicity in trout stored at 12°C. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.30371 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Creators | Dufresne, Isabelle. |
| Contributors | Smith, James P. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001747182, proquestno: MQ64347, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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