Quality management and measurement in the fish industry

摘要

The European fish processing industry is facing increasing international competition that is shortening the lifecycle of the products. This development has changed the focus from price to quality and safety. To meet this challenge, quality management systems are now being slowly introduced to the companies. Another trend is the development of new advanced measuring techniques eg. based on microwave techniques and fluorescence spectrometry (two examples described in this paper). Hence, the challenge of the future is to find the right integration of new on-line/at-line measuring methods, information technology and quality management to achieve the optimal use of these systems to the benefit of both the fish processing industry and the consumer.