Midterm 1 Flashcards
What nutritional aspects does meat impart to the human body?
Essential Amino acids (protein), fats, vitamins and minerals
What factors led to Chicago becoming the model for centralized meat processing in the mid-
1800’s?
Geological location, access to raw material, labor, transportation and consumers
“The Jungle” spurred the investigation that led to which act?
Federal Meat
Inspection Act of 1906
What events/technological advances led to the decentralization of the Union Stockyards?
Interstate highway system, refrigerated trucks and Advancements in science and technology-
automation, packaging materials, food safety
The majority of hogs, raised/slaughtered in which
regions/states?
Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois
The majority of beef in the U.S. are raised/slaughtered in which
regions/states?
Nebraska, Kansas and texas
The majority of chickens in the U.S. are raised/slaughtered in which
regions/states?
Georgia, Alabama and Arkansas
The meat with the greatest production output (weight/lbs) is ______, while the meat with the
greatest production value (money/$) is ______
Chicken (output), beef ($$)
Which season
experiences the greatest consumer demand for meat products, as denoted by depletion of meat
product cold stores?
summer
Which countries are the major importers of U.S. beef, pork and lamb?
Japan and Mexico
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What is meat and its classifications?
Animal tissues that are suitable for use as food/Lesser concentration of
epithelial/nervous tissue
What comprises meat science?
Biology, chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology
* Food engineering
* Materials science
* Animal and human nutrition, animal welfare, genetics
* Statistics
what is hypertrophy?
enlargement of EXISTING cells
what is hyperplasia?
MULTIPLICATION or PRODUCTION of new cells
true growth
increase in structural tissue
fattening
increase in adipose tissue
1st phase of development
Cells and organs acquiring individual characteristics
– Diversification of cells in the embryo
2nd phase of development
Maturation- reaching the highest stage of complexity or
development
3rd phase of development
Senescence- deterioration/degeneration of cells
how to find dressing %?
HCW/Live weight
order of growth?
Bone, Muscle, fat
water composition of muscle?
65-80%
protein composition of muscle?
16-22%
fat composition of muscle?
1.5-13%