Now, you can check the quality of meat before starting to cook it and , for this, Bareilly’s Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) says it has developed the country’s first plant-material based kit that is capable of monitoring the freshness of meat and its products.
Dr Suman Talukder, the scientist behind this innovation said that this kit consists of a paper strip coated with plant dye and has to be placed on the surface of the meat or inside a packet to check its quality.
The colour of the strip will change to crimson if the meat is fresh, will become pink if the quality is intermediate and turn green if it is spoiled. The colour changes after the strip reacts with volatile gases that emanate from the meat when its quality deteriorates, the scientist says.
The institute is also in talks with several meat selling companies that may use this domestic-developed kit as to ensure that only the best quality of meat is sold and consumed. The kit was ready for launch in April 2022 and is now set to hit the market.
