ABSTRACT

Freezing and frozen storage have long been an important method of refrigeration to ensure the safety and quality of meat, poultry, ˜sh, vegetable, and fruit products as described in other chapters. However, more recently, the emphasis has changed from simply preserving these raw materials as the basis for further processing to adding value by manufacturing prepared foods. One such example, the frozen

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