METHOD FOR CONTROL OF MEAT QUALITY Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC G01N33/12 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: for purposes of quality control one uses colour characteristics of the raw materials as indicators referenced to meat and meat products quality. One performs scanning of the whole of the collected sample surface. The resultant colour image undergoes computer-aided processing with the help of software enabling obtainment of numeric values of coloration indicators including lightness, redness and yellowness.

EFFECT: meat quality evaluation acceleration and labour intensity reduction.

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