GERMAN RESEARCHERS DEVELOP MEAT STANDARD LASER MONITOR
January 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE SCANDALOUS discovery last year of 110 tons of rotting meat in Germany warehouses has prompted German researchers to develop a laser-based scanner system, which can check the freshness of meat and meat products from the slaughterhouse, to processing plants and retailers. The Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Micro-integration is coordinating the Euro 3 million FreshScan project, having received funding from the German education and research ministry.The rotting meat discovery created strong concern in Germany, a country where standards ...
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