
HYPERMEAT Operational Group: Improving the quality and food safety of pork and beef through the use of hyperspectral imaging
- Type Operational group
- Execution 2018
- Assigned Budget 3.013.874,00 €
- Scope Supraautonómico
- Autonomous community Galicia; Madrid, Comunidad de
- Main source of financing PEPAC 2014-2020
- Project website https://ctaex.com/transferencia-tecnologica/GOS-hypermeat
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)