Cooling Oysters to Within the New 10 Hour Required Time Frame from the Environment to 50 Fahrenheit or Below in a Refrigerated Storage Area

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorLane, Roberten
dc.contributor.committeechairEifert, Joseph D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBoardman, Gregory D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberJahncke, Michaelen
dc.contributor.committeememberPfeiffer, Douglas G.en
dc.contributor.departmentFood Science and Technologyen
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-18T19:36:24Zen
dc.date.available2015-02-18T19:36:24Zen
dc.date.issued2011-07en
dc.description.abstractA first encounter with the ruling that required Virginia original dealers of shellstock oysters destined for the half shell market to reduce the internal temperature to below 50 ⁰F within 10 hour of harvest was in reviewing a thermal model of a pallet of oysters bound for shipment. (Figure 1) The model was of a pallet of oyster boxes 48 x 40 x 60 inches tall, wrapped in plastic, as is the practice in shipment and placed in a blast freezer at -40⁰F. The model provided for temperature probes placed within the boxes at different parts of the pallet stack showed that the oyster internal temperatures did not achieve temperature below 50 ⁰F within the 10 hour time frame. (Figure 2) The model was then broken down into 48x40 x12 inches or equivalent of 1layer on a pallet, wrapped in plastic and placed in a blast freezer at – 40 ⁰F. The model again provided for temperature probes placed within the boxes however oyster internal temperature again did not achieve temperature below 50 ⁰F within the 10 hour time frame (Figure 3) (Conversation with Mike Jahncke Ph.D. Virginia Seafood AREC Director, June 1, 2010). A data logging apparatus was employed to test the capabilities of three major seafood companies to meet the new standard.en
dc.description.degreeMALSen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/51502en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectfood safetyen
dc.subjectseafood productionen
dc.subjectrefrigerationen
dc.subjectoystersen
dc.titleCooling Oysters to Within the New 10 Hour Required Time Frame from the Environment to 50 Fahrenheit or Below in a Refrigerated Storage Areaen
dc.typeMaster's projecten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineFood Safetyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Agricultural and Life Sciencesen

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 3 of 3
Thumbnail Image
Name:
ISRC2010_presentation.pdf
Size:
1019.88 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Masters_degree_project_and_report.pdf
Size:
1.82 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Shellstock_Oyster_ Rates_in_Typical_Harvest.pdf
Size:
203.25 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

Online Master of Agricultural and Life Sciences