CQ Foods working with Bristol Bay to measure, improve quality of salmon

Certified Quality Foods (CQ Foods) has partnered with the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association (BBRSDA) and Alaska-based seafood processors to pilot a new method of measuring and assuring salmon quality.

The project, which received USD 20,000 (EUR 18,200) from the BBRSDA, is using CQ Foods Certified Quality Reader 3.0 (CQR 3.0) to measure thousands of different salmon being caught in Bristol Bay this summer. The new tool uses bioelectrical impedance analysis to determine the meat quality in a wide variety of different proteins, and CQ Foods is using the tool to measure the quality of the fishery’s sockeye salmon. 

CQ Foods said the data can be used by both fishermen and processors in Bristol Bay to refine handling practices to ensure better fish quality  – and in turn higher prices. Historically, processors have paid extra for fish chilled below a certain temperature, but fishermen often ...

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