S u m m a r y: The food industry is making great efforts to improve hygiene, extend the shelf life of products, prevent food-borne illnesses and contamination by chemical and also physical agents, and to improve their detection and control if contamination already has occurred. As a result, there is a constant search for new technologies which can help in achieving these goals. Nanotechnology is one of the major innovations which have already been applied in many different areas. Results of previous studies show that the use of nanotechnology provides a number of opportunities to improve processes of production, packaging, distribution and storage of the food, and therefore of the meat, as one of the most valuable source of nutritional components.
A b s t r a c t: The use of meat in traditional Serbian cuisine can be divided into three periods. The fi rst period is the time from the arrival of Slavs in the Balkans, through the Middle Ages to the early 19 th century. The second period, the 19 th and the fi rst half of the 20 th centuries, can be marked as special due to signifi cant changes that impacted traditional Serbian cuisine, compared to the fi rst period. It was a period during which the Europeanization of Serbia took place in all spheres of life, including cuisine. After World War II, Serbia and many surrounding countries eperienced a great surge in industrialization in all economic fi elds, including that of food production. The last sixty years has seen the globalization of our food supply, with food being transported globally from one part of the world to another, and which resulted in neglected traditional, local cuisines. Therefore, many countries, including Serbia, recognize a need for preserving traditional cuisine. This recognition has initiated several mechanisms for maintaining Europe's gastronomic heritage. Preservation of traditional cuisine in Serbia has special signifi cance for tourism development.
S a d r ž a j: Meso ima značajnu ulogu u ljudskoj evoluciji i neophodno je za pravilan rast i razvoj organizma, pre svega jer predstavlja značajan izvor proteina, ali i vitamina B grupe, folne kiseline i vitamina A i D. Crveno meso takođe sadrži velike količine gvožđa, ali i cinka i drugih mineralnih materija, a njihova iskoristivost iz mesa je mnogo veća nego iz biljnih izvora. Poslednjih godina crveno, a pre svega svinjsko meso, kao i svinjska mast pominju se u negativnom kontekstu, a njihova upotreba u ishrani povezuje se sa mnogobrojnim oboljenjima kao što su kardiovaskularna oboljenja, kancer i dijabetes. Kao uzrok ovih oboljenja najčešće se pominje mast, zbog čega industrija mesa teži ka redukciji nivoa masti u mesu i proizvodima od mesa. Međutim, mast predstavlja značajan izvor masnih kiselina, a mnogobrojne preporuke na osnovu velikog broja istraživanja baziraju se na balansiranju odnosa zasićenih i nezasićenih masnih kiselina pre nego na izbacivanju masti iz ishrane. Ipak i pored negativne slike koja je stvorena u javnosti, svinjsko meso je i dalje vrsta mesa sa najvećom proizvodnjom i potrošnjom na globalnom nivou.
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