Abstract
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
Specifications Table
| Subject area | Agricultural and biological sciences |
| More specific subject area | Refrigerated storage |
| Type of data | Microsoft Excel Worksheet |
| How data was acquired | Temperature data were acquired using i-buttons (Thermocron-TCS, Baulkham Hills, Australia) and LogTags (TRIX-16, LogTag Australia, Baulkham Hills, Australia) throughout shipping from the Port of Brisbane (Australia) to Shanghai International Port (Shanghai, China) and different destinations in China. |
| Data format | Raw |
| Experimental factors | Temperature monitoring of vacuum packaged chilled beef in cartons during shipping and storage under ideal conditions (CONTROL ∼ - 1.0 C°) and to three Chinese destinations for 84, 98, 120 and 140 days postslaughter. |
| Experimental features | Temperature data were acquired every 25 min by i-buttons and every 15 min by the LogTags throughout the storage period. |
| Data source location | CONTROL samples (CSIRO, Brisbane, Australia), Chinese samples various locations between Brisbane (Australia) and Tai'an (Shandong Province, China) |
| Data accessibility | Data is with this article |
| Related research article | D. Frank, Y. Zhang, Y. Li, X. Luo, X. Chen, M. Kaur, G. Mellor, J. Stark, J. Hughes. Shelf life extension of vacuum packaged chilled beef in the Chinese supply chain. A feasibility study, Meat Sci., 153, 2019, 135–143 [1]. |
Value of the Data
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1. Data
Data is provided in spreadsheet format. Data for i-button and LogTag temperature loggers from cartons of chilled beef stored for various times with date and time annotation are provided and correspond to the study reported in Ref. [1]. Australia is a large exporter of vacuum packaged chilled beef (VPCB) and China is an increasingly important destination. Information regarding temperature variability that occurs during transport and storage of VPCB is important to estimate and model realistic shelf life limits. This article contains Microsoft Excel Worksheets (Supplementary 1) containing temperature logger data obtained from cartons of VPCB stored under ideal conditions (∼-1.0 °C) stored in Australia (CONTROL) and after land and sea transport to three destinations in China; China-1 (Near Shanghai), China-2 (Near Shanghai) and China-3 (Tai'an, Shandong Province, China) for samples stored for 84, 98, 120 and 140 days.
2. Experimental design, materials, and methods
Export quality Australian beef striploins were vacuum packaged according to a published experimental design [1]. VPCB was placed into cartons and temperature data were measured using i-buttons (Thermocron-TCS, Baulkham Hills, Australia) and LogTags (TRIX-16, LogTag Australia, Baulkham Hills, Australia). Data were acquired approximately every 25 min by i-buttons and every 15 min by the LogTags throughout the storage period. The time point of each temperature reading was recorded by the data loggers. VPCB was 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). Cartons were stored for 84, 98, 120 and 140 days. The data were downloaded for each logger and imported into Microsoft Excel Worksheet format.
Acknowledgments
The authors and CSIRO acknowledge funding provided by the Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC) (2016/1059) and matching funds provided from the Australian Government, via Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), to support the research and development detailed in this publication.
Footnotes
Supplementary data to this article can be found online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104586.
Conflict of Interest
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Appendix A. Supplementary data
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Reference
- 1.Frank D., Zhang Y., Li Y., Luo X., Chen X., Kaur M., Mellor G., Stark J., Hughes J. Shelf life extension of vacuum packaged chilled beef in the Chinese supply chain. A feasibility study. Meat Sci. 2019;153:135–143. doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.03.006. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
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