en Food Safety and Hygiene Food Safety and Hygiene Review Review Article <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Meat and meat products are highly prone to microbial deterioration since they are rich in essential nutrients and perishable in nature and if they are not properly preserved, public health problems may occur. Recently, in order to increase the microbial quality of meat and meat products, novel ingredient systems that are associated with natural and organic foods, are applied. Many studies have demonstrated the antimicrobial activity of plant-origin natural antimicrobials in meat and meat products. Nevertheless, advanced technologies can improve the microbial stability and the sensory quality of meat products containing natural extracts and essential oils through different techniques. This paper first reviews the microbial deterioration of meat and meat products and their traditional storage techniques and then discusses the manner and extent of the use of herbal extracts and essential oils in these products.</span></span><br> &nbsp;</p> Essential oil, Extract, Antimicrobial, Meat product 63 74 http://jhehp.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-25-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Majid Aminzare m.aminzare@zums.ac.ir 10031947532846009301 10031947532846009301 Yes Department of Food Safety and Hygiene, School of Public Health, Zanjan University of Medical Science, Zanjan, Iran. Mohammad Hashemi mo_hashemi@hotmail.com 10031947532846009302 10031947532846009302 No Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Hassan Hassanzadazar h.hassanzadazar@yahoo.com 10031947532846009303 10031947532846009303 No Department of Food Safety and Hygiene, School of Public Health, Zanjan University of Medical Science, Zanjan, Iran. Jalal Hejazi majidaminzare@yahoo.com 10031947532846009304 10031947532846009304 No Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Science, Zanjan, Iran.