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Automatic scanner for determing lean meat distribution in pig carcasses (gmSCAN)
Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,
The slaughtering sector in the EU28 plays a key role in the meat industry. It embraces over 3,300 pig abattoirs, which process yearly 252 million pig carcasses, and generate a turnover of €73b. In a context of strong market competitiveness, and driven by the demand of meat processors, abattoirs are increasingly interested in new strategies to improve their product segmentation, which allow them to ...
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TRIMSCAN, making SME meat processors more competitive by using automatic in-line fat analysis in meat trimmings (TRIMSCAN)
Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2016,
Meat trimmings are the main ingredient used for the production of many meat processed products like sausages and hamburgers. The EU is the world’s second largest producer of pork and beef meat trimmings with Tm 17M by year. Trimmings are typically produced at slaughterhouse to be sold in standard bins of 10, 25, 35 and 60 litres. The bins are manually prepared by trained operators to obtain specif ...
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AUTOMATIC VERTICAL SCANNER FOR DETERMING LEAN DISTRIBUTION IN ANIMAL CARCASSES (AVSCAN) (GM-SCAN)
Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2015,
Meat industry generates an annual turnover of €203b in the EU-28, and employs 560,000 people. The slaughtering sector plays a key role within the meat industry, being represented by more than 4,500 companies, and generating a turnover of €73b. In a context of a strong market competitiveness, slaughterhouses are striving to minimize production costs and maximize the value of their raw meat products ...
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AUTOMATIC GRADING SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING LEAN-FAT DISTRIBUTION IN PIG CARCASSES (PIGSCAN)
Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2015,
The pig meat industry is an important contributor to the European economy with a turnover of 66.3 billion € and some 560,000 employees. The sector is suffering significant continuous decline due to the continued pressures of low prices, high feed costs and the consequences of livestock diseases, leading to a gradual loss of world market share, falling to 16% of global exports by 2020, compared to ...
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