Gamma Irradiation of Sheep Meat: Taking Food Safety to Next Level

Sheep (Ovis aries) is well-thought-out to be a significant source of nutrition around the world. This study is about exploiting the possibility of irradiating sheep meat with Gamma Radiation and optimizing a radiation dose that can be set as a standard against which sheep meat could be sterilized in future in Pakistan. Radiation treatment can adequately eliminate possibly pathogenic bacteria that includes both long-time known pathogens such as Salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus as well as new emerging pathogens such as Campylobacter jejuni, Listeria monocytogenes or Escherichia coli O157:H7 from suspected food products without causing any changes in nutritional, sensory and technical qualities.

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Noshaba Rani has obtained her bachelor's degree in the field of Biotechnology in 2015. Since then she has conducted research on quality maintenance and shelf life extension of Sheep meat to extend its export. She has also been into volunteer work, participated actively in model and poster competitions and attended science symposiums.