Meat Quality Variation in the Robotic Sorting of Pork Loins

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2614-2618

  Swatland, H J ^a   Uttaro, B ^a   Goldenberg, A A ^b   Lu, Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fiber Optics; Pigmeat; Robots

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COLORIMETRY; MEAT; MEAT INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; PH; PIGMENTATION; QUALITY CONTROL; ROBOTICS; STANDARD; SWINE;

ANIMALS; COLORIMETRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEAT; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; PIGMENTATION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; QUALITY CONTROL; ROBOTICS; SWINE;

EID: 0032177459     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.76102614x     Document Type: Article

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