Collaborative project: Development of an automatic measuring method by spectrometry technique for the detection of abnormal taste of boar meat - subproject 2 | FISA - Forschungsinformationssystem Agrar und Ernährung

Collaborative project: Development of an automatic measuring method by spectrometry technique for the detection of abnormal taste of boar meat - subproject 2

Project

Project code: 2817203613
Contract period: 01.11.2014 - 29.02.2016
Budget: 212,144 Euro
Purpose of research: Experimental development

Due to the legal prohibition of piglet castration without anaesthesia from 2019, the topic of boar
odor gains in importance. Previous technical developments for the automatic identification of odor
deviations could not produce a practicable solution. Therefore the aim of the joint project was to
explore a process analysis system based on spectroscopic measuring methods and to develop a
pilot plant that can detect odor deviations directly at the slaughter line objectively and quickly. For
the measuring a spectrophotometer was integrated into the software environment of the
slaughterhouse. Using spectroscopic, sensory and chemical analyzes of odorants, a multivariate
data modeling was developed to define the elimination criteria for carcasses with odor deviations.
The automatic introduction of the measuring instrument to the carcass has been successfully
implemented. However the working area of the model must be stabilized with other sensory
samples for an automatic ejection.
The joint project provides a basis for a marketable measuring method which gains access to the
food industry worldwide through its international partners. Furthermore product transparency is
ensured by gathering and transmitting quality information, strengthening national competitiveness.
In addition to slaughterhouses, veterinary offices and classification companies, the system could be
used by the meat processing industry as an incoming good inspection or for determining the fatty
acid pattern.