Time and temperature control for blast freezing of chicken
Dear Friends
Good morning....
I am here again with a :unsure: doubt.
What will the time and temperature control for Blast freezing process intended to produce Frozen marinated raw chicken and frozen cooked chicken. Below is the flow:
Frozen marinated chicken: Receive-Frozen Storage-Thawing-Preparation-Packing-Blast Freeze-Frozen Storage-Dispatch
Frozen Cooked Chicken: Receive -Frozen Storage-Thawing-Preparation-Cooking-Cooling-Packing-Blast Freeze-Frozen Storage-Dispatch
I am concern about the temperature and time control at the above red highlighted steps.
You comments and suggestions will be highly appreciated.
Dear Friends
Good morning....
I am here again with a :unsure: doubt.
What will the time and temperature control for Blast freezing process intended to produce Frozen marinated raw chicken and frozen cooked chicken. Below is the flow:
Frozen marinated chicken: Receive-Frozen Storage-Thawing-Preparation-Packing-Blast Freeze-Frozen Storage-Dispatch
Frozen Cooked Chicken: Receive -Frozen Storage-Thawing-Preparation-Cooking-Cooling-Packing-Blast Freeze-Frozen Storage-Dispatch
I am concern about the temperature and time control at the above red highlighted steps.
You comments and suggestions will be highly appreciated.
It depends on a variety of factors such as -
type/freezing capacity/loading of blast freezer
type of packaging
thickness/weight of pieces (whole chickens?)
product input temperature
Perhaps this helps
4.2.3 Defrosting or ThawingDefrosting or thawing may be performed in air or water. The operator is responsible to ensure that the temperature of the meat is controlled to minimize the time that any portion of a meat product is above 4°C. Operators are responsible for establishing appropriate best before dates which take into account the length of time elapsed before the product was originally frozen.
The placing of frozen meat into cooking kettles without prior thawing is permitted only when a representative sample of the entire lot has been thawed and found to be sound and unadulterated.
Meat products which have been frozen and thawed for sale in a refrigerated state must be labeled in accordance with article B.01.080 of the Food and Drug Regulations as "previously frozen".