Fermented Meat Products

Meat and meat products are an important part of the human diet. The origin of the manufacture of dry-cured meat sausages probably goes back to Babylonian times, when methods such as drying, salting, or fermentation of meat were already in use (Fanco et al. 2002). These fermented meat products are found in most parts of the world, but Europe remains the major producer and consumer of these products.