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Jacob Tuell	Muscle Foods Division	Sign Up & Join Us Online

600+

Members

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1997

Year Founded

30+

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Check out these muscle food-focused articles featured IFT’s Journal of Food Science

Dou, L., Liu, C., Yang, Z., Su, R., Chen, X., Hou, Y., Hu, G., Yao, D., Zhao, L., Su, L., & Jin, Y. (2022). Effects of oxidative stability variation on lamb meat quality and flavor during postmortem aging. Journal of Food Science, 87(6), 2578–2594.
Du, H., Wang, Q., Liu, Q., Chen, Q., Liu, H., Xu, M., & Kong, B. (2022). Heterocyclic aromatic amine contents and quality characteristics of bacon as influenced by NaCl concentration of brine. Journal of Food Science, 87(6), 2527–2537.
Rey, M. de los Á., Rodriguez Racca, A., Rossi Ribeiro, L., Dos Santos Cruz, F., Cap, M., Mozgovoj, M. V., Cristianini, M., & Vaudagna, S. R. (2022). High-pressure processing treatment of beef burgers: Effect on Escherichia coli O157 inactivation evaluated by plate count and PMA-qPCR. Journal of Food Science, 87(6), 2324–2336.

Take a look at these muscle food-related articles featured in IFT’s Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Du, X., Wang, B., Li, H., Liu, H., Shi, S., Feng, J., Pan, N., & Xia, X. (2022). Research progress on quality deterioration mechanism and control technology of frozen muscle foods. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 21(6), 4812–4846.
Schwartz, M., Marais, J., Strydom, P. E., & Hoffman, L. C. (2022). Effects of increasing internal end-point temperatures on physicochemical and sensory properties of meat: A review. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 21(3), 2843–2872.
Zhu, S., Zhu, H., Xu, S., Lv, S., Liu, S., Ding, Y., & Zhou, X. (2022). Gel-type emulsified muscle products: Mechanisms, affecting factors, and applications. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 21(6), 5225–5242. https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.13063

Division Accomplishments/Recognition

The Outstanding Volunteer award honors a current Division member who provided exemplary volunteer work to the Division in the current year. The 2024-2025 recipient is Ligia Da Cunha Moreira.
The Outstanding Service award honors current Division members who have demonstrated a history of service to the Division or field. The 2024-2025 recipient is Tessa Jarvis.

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