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The optimisation of the bone fragment content determination in histological sections

Authors: Matej Pospiech, Bohuslava Tremlová, Martina Eliášová and Michaela Talandová
Keywords: bones, histochemistry, histology, mechanically reclaimed meat, mechanically separated meat, shattered bone

This article describes the optimisation of the histological procedure for the analysis of bone tissue in meat products as evidence of mechanically separated meat (MSM). The results of the analysis of ten products show differences in the interpretation of results between the method of determining the number of bone fragments on ten sections and the … [Read more…]