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Emerging technologies in meat processing -- Irradiation of meat and meat products -- High pressure processing of meat and meat products -- Electroprocessing of meat and meat products -- Application of infrared and light based technologies to meat and meat products -- Ultrasound processing applications in the meat industry -- Application of hydrodynamic shock wave processing associated with meat and processed meat products -- Robotics in meat processing -- Packaging systems and materials used for raw and cooked meat products with particular emphasis on the use of oxygen scavenging systems -- Smart packaging solutions encompassing nanotechnology -- Probiotics functionality in meat -- Rapid methods for microbial analysis of meat and meat products -- The use of hyperspectral techniques in evaluating quality and safety of meat and meat products -- On-line meat quality and compositional assessment techniques -- Meat authenticity -- Regulation and legislative issues.

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