Whether you are a fisherman, processor, distributor, buyer, retailer or consumer, the question “How fresh is this fish?” can now be answered objectively and with certainty. Until now seafood industry workers and consumers would have relied on what they were told or sensory evaluations to assess the freshness of seafood. Now there is a verified scientific approach to measuring the quality of seafood through the supply chain.
The Seafood Analytics Certified Quality Reader (CQR), now available for purchase, is a handheld, non-invasive device developed from more than 35 years of proven science, which uses electrical currents to instantly provide freshness data for fish species and other seafood. Currently, the device can detect the freshness of more than 10 fish species and generates a Certified Quality Number (CQN), fresh or previously frozen determination, time on ice (i.e. time since harvest), shelf life remaining, and US and European sensory equivalence scores (FDA and Torry).