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HYPERMEAT Operational Group: Improving the quality and food safety of pork and beef through the use of hyperspectral imaging

Description

Improving the quality and food safety of pork and beef through the use of hyperspectral imaging

Objectives
  • Improve meat quality by developing a prototype for noninvasive detection of microbiological contamination and foreign bodies in beef and pork.
  • Determine the diet of the Iberian pig using hyperspectral technology
Results
  • Establishment of optimal working variables for hyperspectral imaging of Iberian beef and pork
  • Obtaining a hyperspectral image processing protocol and its correlation with physicochemical, microbiological, and foreign body data.
  • Validation of technology and equipment compatible with the entire beef and pork sector for quality control and food safety.
Contact information
  • Coordinator/entity name: El encinar de humienta SA
  • Coordinator/entity email: lvillard@encinarsa.com
Beneficiaries
  • El encinar de humienta S.A
Outsourced
  • Matadero Frigorífico Víctor Sánchez, S.L.U.
  • AMBLING Ingeniería y Servicios S.L
  • Soltel IT Solutions S.L
  • Asociación empresarial Centro Tecnológico Agroalimentario Extremadura (CTAEX)