Industry News
ScotGov: Trials at a Scottish meat processing plant are set to play a crucial role in a project to develop an automated process to determine the eating quality of meat.
The £950,000 IMEQ (Integrated Measurement of Eating Quality) project, jointly funded by Quality Meat Scotland and the Scottish Government, will see Scotland first to have novel technology, which could deliver benefits throughout the meat production chain.
The £950,000 IMEQ (Integrated Measurement of Eating Quality) project, jointly funded by Quality Meat Scotland and the Scottish Government, will see Scotland first to have novel technology, which could deliver benefits throughout the meat production chain.
The project will explore semi-automatic & automatic means of measuring pH, temperature, meat colour, carcase fat, eating & nutritional qualities. It aims to examine ways of integrating these measures into a new process for use on the line in abattoirs to replace the current limited system with one which is faster, less labour-intensive and less expensive.
The commercialisation of IMEQ research by the industry could then provide producers & processors with a new way to guarantee consumers a consistent eating experience every time they buy Scotch Beef or Lamb.
Press release ~ Quality Meat Scotland ~ IMEQ (Integrated Measurement of Eating Quality) project ~ Sustainable Livestock Systems Group
TfL: A wealth of new information about London’s Tube, buses & river services is being made available online so that web developers can use it to create products such as mobile phone applications (apps) that help passengers. Developers can also use the data for commercial gain without the need to get permission from TfL.
By lifting previous restrictions, digital developers can now independently develop & sell products using TfL data. Basic information will remain available free of charge to the public on www.tfl.gov.uk. But Transport for London hope the move will encourage developers to put together a wider range of high quality services & applications.
BS: Following on from recent Buying Solutions eAuction successes, which have seen savings of up to 45%, a new wave of aggregated eAuctions in IT hardware, mobiles & stationery are taking place in July 2010.
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