Information Package / Course Catalogue
Meat Hygiene and Meat Products Technology
Course Code: VET419
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

1. The structure of slaughterhouses, welfare of animals , slaughtering animals, and meat carcass inspection and classification, bacteriological, parasitical, viral infections and their pathological findings, and legal acts will be given during the meat hygiene part of the course. 2. Meat chemistry, biochemical changes during maturation, meat histology, debonning, meat microbiology, meat products technology, fermented meat products, boiled meat products, köfte, smoked meat technology and sanitation techniques will be given in the meat technology part of course 3. To gain skills managerial characteristics in meat businesses.

Course Content

Antemortem and postmortem inspection, notifiable, prohibited slaughter and compensated diseases, zoonotic diseases in livestock animals, diseases (bacterial, viral, and parasitical) important for meat hygiene, meat and post-mortem biochemical changes, maturation stage, hygiene and sanitation techniques in a processing plant, the basic principles of products processing techniques

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Ergün Ömer GÖKSOY
Prof. Filiz KÖK
Learning Outcomes
1.Learn the structural compartments of slaughterhouses.
2.Gain sufficient knowledge about antemortem and postmortem inspection in livestock animals.
3.Have sufficient knowledge about diseases (bacterial, viral, and parasitical) important for meat hygiene and can observe their pathogological changes, diagnosis of these diseases. Legal decisions taken at meat inspection.
4.Learn meat and post-mortem biochemical changes, maturation stage
5.Learn how to apply hygiene and sanitation techniques in a processing plant.
6.Gain a through understanding of the basic principles of products processing techniques and can use it.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Yıldırım, Y. (1996). Et endüstrisi, Ankara.
2.Tayar, M. (2001). Et muayenesi, Bursa.
3.İnal, T. (1995). Kesim Hayvanı ve Et Muayenesi, İzmir.
4.İnal, T. (1997). Mezbaha Bilgisi, İzmir.
5.Arslan, A. (2002). Et teknolojisi, Ankara.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Slaughterhouses, general knowledge about slaughterhouse procedures, legal regulations, and main structure of slaughterhouses.
Week 1 - Practice
Biosafety applications. Slaughterhouse demonstration and giving main information about the structure of slaughterhouses
Week 2 - Theoretical
Documents required for slaughter, antemortem inspection, prohibited situations and diseases, notifiable and compensated diseases, zoonotic diseases, slaughtering meat animals, welfare aspects of slaughter and systematic meat inspection
Week 2 - Practice
Meat inspection of cattle, inspecting lymph nodes of head, carcass and organs.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Bacterial and viral diseases of meat animals.
Week 3 - Practice
The lymph head, carcass and organs nodes of small ruminants
Week 4 - Theoretical
Bacterial and viral diseases of meat animals.P-
Week 4 - Practice
Systematic inspection of large animals
Week 5 - Theoretical
Parasitical infections observed in meat animals and pathological changes
Week 5 - Practice
Systematic inspection of large animals
Week 6 - Theoretical
Meat histology and postmortem changes, conversion of muscle to meat, electrical stimulation
Week 6 - Practice
Meat and carcass inspection of small ruminants
Week 7 - Theoretical
Meat chemistry and debonning
Week 7 - Practice
Meat and carcass inspection of small ruminants
Week 8 - Theoretical
Review (midterm)
Week 8 - Practice
Carcass debonning of large animals
Week 9 - Theoretical
Portioning and valuable meat portions
Week 9 - Practice
Portioning and valuable meat portions
Week 10 - Theoretical
Poultry meat inspection and poultry slaughter
Week 10 - Practice
Meat inspection of poultry
Week 11 - Theoretical
Fermented meat technology
Week 11 - Practice
Sucuk processing technology
Week 12 - Theoretical
Boiled meat products
Week 12 - Practice
Sausage processing techniques
Week 13 - Theoretical
Meat microbiology and meat preservation
Week 13 - Practice
Sampling and transportation of carcass, internal organs and meat products and examinations applied to meat samples brought to the laboratory
Week 14 - Theoretical
HACCP at meat industry
Week 14 - Practice
Personnel hygiene, cleaning and disinfection in meat processing premises
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Lecture - Practice140228
Midterm Examination1718
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026