There has been an increasing interest in the Quality Index Method
(originally from Tasmania) in Europe. During the last 2 years, the EU has
been funding a project called QimIT (Quality Index Method and Information
Technology- CRAFT FAIR FA-S2-9063). The main aim of this project was to
develop QIM schemes for different fish freshness, with colour photographs
of all the species demonstrating the different stages of freshness. The
research institutes; Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories and Netherlands
Institute for Fisheries Research/RIVO-DLO, DIFRES the Danish Insitute for
Fisheries Research have been participating in the project and one Software
Company; TM Software (Tölvumyndir) from, Iceland. QIM schemes have been
developed for various species, and in the computerised version cod,
haddock, red fish, saithe, shrimp, brill, plaice, sole, turbot, dab ,
herring and trout and salmon will be included. It is possible to include
more species in this program if QIM schemes have been developed and shelf
life studies carried out to determine the slope and correlation between the
QI score and storage time in ice and take photographs to implement into the
software.
One of the main advantages of the QIM-methos is the linear relationship
esablished between the QI-score and storage time in ice.
More information on the QIM-method and the project are on the homepage:
http://qimit.rfisk.is/
Best regards
Emilia Martinsdottir
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Emilía Martinsdóttir, Project Manager e-mail: emilia@rfisk.is
Research and Development Division Phone: +354 5620240
Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories Fax: +354 5620740
P.O. Box 1405 Home: +354 5531479
IS-121 Reykjavík
Iceland Info: http://www.rfisk.is
http://info.rfisk.is/verkefni/1139
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