# Meat & Seafood Articles in this category explain the shelf-life science, spoilage mechanisms, and storage best practices for meat, poultry, fish, and seafood — written from an industrial food science perspective. ## Articles - [Bacon Shelf Life Science: Salt Curing, Smoking and Lipid Oxidation](../articles/bacon-salt-curing-smoking.md) - [Beef Jerky Shelf Life Science: Water Activity Control, Mold Ecology, and Industrial Processing](../articles/beef-jerky-shelf-life-storage.md) - [Chicken Shelf Life Science: Pseudomonas, Campylobacter and Poultry Microbiology](../articles/chicken-shelf-life-microbiology-basic.md) - [Freezer Burn on Chicken: Sublimation Physics, Ice Crystal Damage, and Evidence-Based Prevention Strategies](../articles/freezer-burn-chicken-prevention.md) - [Frozen Shrimp Shelf Life Science: Freezer Burn, Lipid Oxidation and Thawing Safety](../articles/frozen-shrimp-shelf-life-storage.md) - [Pork Shelf Life Science: Bacterial Spoilage, Lipid Oxidation and Cold Chain](../articles/pork-spoilage-lipid-oxidation.md) - [Pork Shelf Life Science: Spoilage Microbiology, Rancidity and Preservation](../articles/pork-spoilage-rancidity-science.md) - [Pseudomonas and Chicken: The Dominant Spoilage Bacterium — Ecology, Mechanisms, and Control Strategies](../articles/pseudomonas-chicken-spoilage.md) - [Raw Chicken vs. Cooked Chicken: Comparative Spoilage Microbiology and Food Safety Implications](../articles/raw-vs-cooked-chicken-spoilage.md) - [Salmon Shelf Life Science: TMAO Reduction, Seafood Spoilage and Cold Storage](../articles/salmon-tmao-seafood-spoilage.md) - [Tuna Shelf Life Science: Scombrotoxin, Histamine Formation and Seafood Safety](../articles/tuna-histamine-scombrotoxin.md) [← Back to all categories](index.md) · [Browse all articles](../articles.md)