NA 057

DIN Standards Committee Food and Agricultural Products

Project

Food authenticity - Method for detecting previously frozen poultry meat by determination of HADH activity

Abstract

This document specifies a procedure to determine the HADH activity in poultry meat samples by spectrophotometry. The results can provide an indication whether poultry breast meat has been previously frozen based on the ratio of relative HADH activity, and can be used to verify the labelling of poultry breast meat sold as chilled poultry. A result above a value of 0,5 for the ratio of HADH activity from a sample before and after laboratory freezing, indicates that the sample has been previously frozen. This document is applicable to chicken and turkey breast meat but can be used for other cuts and/or species with appropriate limit values. Additional validation can be required. The document is not applicable to minced meat or to poultry preparations. The compliance assessment process is not part of the document.

Begin

2024-05-06

WI

00460023

Planned document number

DIN EN 00460023

Project number

05702727

Responsible national committee

NA 057-08-02 AA - food authenticity  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 460/WG 8 - Spectrophotometric methods  

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