Systematic study of the quality and safety of chilled pork from wet markets, supermarkets, and online markets in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With increasing media coverage of food safety incidents, such as that of clenbuterol residues in pork, food safety has become a major public health concern in China. Rapidly developing online markets attract increasing numbers of Chinese consumers to purchase food on the Internet. However, the quality and safety of food sold online are uncertain and are less reported on.

Objective

This research aimed to systematically study the quality and safety of chilled pork from wet markets, supermarkets, and online markets in China.

Results

The chilled pork samples from online markets were fresher than those from wet markets and supermarkets based on the surface redness (a* value). Chilled pork contained high levels of nutritional elements, especially the magnesium an

SUBMITTER: Hu DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6331336 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan.

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature