Detecting Bone Fragments in Pork Meat
Food Safety & Spectral Imaging
Spectral imaging is a technology that captures images of an object’s spectral signature, which refers to the unique pattern of wavelengths of light reflected or absorbed by the object. This information can be used to analyze and identify various internal and external features of food, including bone fragments in meat.
The use of spectral imaging in food safety and quality inspection is becoming increasingly important due to the rise of food contamination and adulteration cases. In recent years, some food producers have been cutting costs by decreasing their quality control efforts, which can lead to unsafe or low-quality food products.
Videometer’s technology is designated to detect various internal and external food features. Furthermore, Spectral imaging allows fast, non-destructive, and precise analysis.
How to detect bone fragments in meat?
Videometer technology, in particular, has been shown to be effective in detecting various features in meat. For example, a paper published in Infrared Physics & Technology documented how the VideometerLab imaging in combination with chemometrics can be used to detect bone fragments in lean pork slices. The study found that multispectral imaging was a rapid and non-destructive approach for identifying and visualizing bone fragments, which could potentially be used in industrial applications.
The study concluded:
Results of satisfactory identification and visualization of bone fragments indicated that multispectral imaging could serve as an online approach for potential industrial applications.
Wang, W., Zhang, H., Yan, L., Zhou, H., Chen, C., Xu, B., Zheng, L., & Ma, F. (2021). A rapid and non-destructive approach to identify bone fragments embedded in lean pork slices based on multispectral imaging and chemometrics. Infrared Physics & Technology, 113, 103575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infrared.2020.103575
Videometer technology appeared in several peer-to-peer reviewed papers concerning meat analysis. These include meat spoilage, measuring muscle color in meat, adulteration, color formation, and more.
In summary, the use of spectral imaging technology, such as Videometer, can provide a powerful tool for ensuring food safety and quality. It allows for fast and non-destructive analysis of food products, which can help to prevent contamination and ensure that consumers are getting the highest quality products possible.
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