Objective Fish is an important and popular food in all countries of the European Union. On average, each citizen of the EU consumed about 25 kg of fish per year, from which 10% was smoked fish. The annual production of smoked fish products in Europe in 1996 was 100.000 tons, the turnover of the industry producing smoked fish and products from smoked fish was about 1200Mio in 1996. The industry producing smoked fish products is crucially dependent on the high quality of their products. The consumers demand more and more quality and freshness - thus, quality and freshness become the major topic for the success of these products on the market. Growing public awareness and scepticism of consumers on a hard fought market puts a continuous pressure on the companies towards product quality and quality control. Currently, the industry employs conventional quality control methods such as for example classical bacteriologic method, detection of total-volatile amines and lactic acid. Due to the limited reliability of these methods, there is a great interest in having automated quality control systems such as the Electronic Nose proposed here available. Against this background it's therefore the objective of the proposed research project, to develop a new, automated quall Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsnatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryorganic acidsnatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryamines Programme(s) FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002 Topic(s) 1.1.1.-1. - Key action Food, Nutrition and Health Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme EAW - Exploratory awards Coordinator ALPHA MOS S.A. EU contribution No data Address Avenue Didier Daurat 20 TOULOUSE France See on map Total cost No data Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all HANS FIEDLER & SOEHNE LACHS- UND AALRAEUCHEREI Germany EU contribution No data Address Am Lunedeich 149 27572 BREMERHAVEN See on map Total cost No data
