Data in Brief (Dec 2019)

Shipping and storage temperature logger datasets for extended shelf life vacuum packaged chilled beef in the Chinese supply chain

  • Damian Frank,
  • Yimin Zhang,
  • Xin Luo,
  • Xue Chen,
  • Glen Mellor,
  • Janet Stark,
  • Joanne Hughes

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27

Abstract

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This article contains temperature logger datasets obtained for refrigerated cartons of Australian vacuum packaged chilled beef stored under near ideal conditions (∼- 1 °C) in Australia (CONTROL) and shipped via land and sea to three destinations in China (China-1, China-2, China-3) described in detail previously [1]. Cartons were stored for 84, 98, 120 and 140 days postslaughter. Temperature data were acquired during shipping and storage using i-buttons (Thermocron-TCS, Baulkham Hills, Australia) and LogTags (TRIX-16, LogTag Australia, Baulkham Hills, Australia). Keywords: Vacuum packaged chilled beef, Storage temperature