Sentence examples for meal samples were from inspiring English sources
Meal samples were stored at −18 °C for 1 month awaiting analysis.
In a more recent investigation, 143 Italian corn meal samples were used for chemometric calibration and external validation was performed with 25 unknown samples.
On the day of analysis, meal samples were thawed at room temperature and homogenised using a stainless-steel blender (Copley Scientific, Nottingham, UK).
Meal samples were kept at −18 °C and water samples at 5 °C for 3 days then transported in ice-packed cooler boxes to the Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) laboratory, Dar-es-Salaam.
A dioxin range varying from 1.1 to 47.1 pg PCDD/F TEQ-WHO/g lipid using 64 fish meal samples was used for model calibration.
In a period of 2 weeks, the fresh waste samples (78.7 % moisture) were collected daily and each meal sample was mixed with that of the other meals in an equal amount to keep the effect of each food.
To evaluate the microbial contamination of different kinds of RW (from distinct meals), the samples were collected during four continuous weeks and the average count of bacteria and coliforms were determined according to APHA and FDA procedures (Vanderzant and Splittstoesser 1992).
The authors did not mention how many hours after a meal the blood samples were taken.
At time points 1, 2, 4 and 6 h after the end of the meal intake, blood samples were taken for the determination of blood parameters.
They were permitted to drink water after their last meal, and blood samples were drawn to measure the proportion of ketone bodies, glucose, insulin, free fatty acid and triglyceride levels at 12 and 15 h after the last meal.
Findus, which had to withdraw its beef lasagne ready meals after some samples were found to contain 100% horsemeat, said on Friday that it had tested all its other beef products and found no evidence of contamination.
