Quality Index Method for fish quality control: Understanding the applications, the appointed limits and the upcoming trends

Freitas, Jorge; Vaz‐Pires, Paulo; Câmara, José S.

doi:10.1016/j.tifs.2021.03.011

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“…QIM provides information about fish freshness status through freshness measurement, as a prediction of the remaining shelf life of fish products. It is based on the interaction between the quantity and quality of the desired fish sample and the deterioration of the fish, so that compliance with the quality requirements can be demonstrated [12]. Nevertheless, the results of the sensory evaluation are quantified inconveniently, and it also has strong subjectivity and one-sidedness.…”

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Emerging Approach for Fish Freshness Evaluation: Principle, Application and Challenges

Zhang

Sun

Sang

et al. 2022

Foods

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Affected by micro-organisms and endogenous enzymes, fish are highly perishable during storage, processing and transportation. Efficient evaluation of fish freshness to ensure consumer safety and reduce raw material losses has received an increasing amount of attention. Several of the conventional freshness assessment techniques have plenty of shortcomings, such as being destructive, time-consuming and laborious. Recently, various sensors and spectroscopic techniques have shown great potential due to rapid analysis, low sample preparation and cost-effectiveness, and some methods are especially non-destructive and suitable for online or large-scale operations. Non-destructive techniques typically respond to characteristic substances produced by fish during spoilage without destroying the sample. In this review, we summarize, in detail, the principles and applications of emerging approaches for assessing fish freshness including visual indicators derived from intelligent packaging, active sensors, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and optical spectroscopic techniques. Recent developments in emerging technologies have demonstrated their advantages in detecting fish freshness, but some challenges remain in popularization, optimizing sensor selectivity and sensitivity, and the development of algorithms and chemometrics in spectroscopic techniques.

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Section: Sensory Attributesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emerging Approach for Fish Freshness Evaluation: Principle, Application and Challenges

Zhang

Sun

Sang

et al. 2022

Foods

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“…First, the quality and efficacy of recently updated PtP N&PA apps are unknown, which may hinder health improvement, as misinformation about N&PA could lead to inappropriate decision making and increase the risk of adverse 10.3389/fnut.2022.942331 health outcomes during the perinatal period (35). Second, the link between user rating and app quality rating has been ignored; as a quick way to judge the quality of an app, user ratings help drive new users to download them (36). Third, commonly used apps may have been missed.…”

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Quality assessment of pre- and postnatal nutrition and exercise mobile applications in the United States and China

He²,

Li³

et al. 2023

Front. Nutr.

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BackgroundMobile applications (apps) are becoming increasingly prevalent as tools for improving maternal health behaviors. However, the recently updated content and quality of these apps remain unknown. This research investigated the fundamental characteristics, functional modules, and overall quality of maternal apps available in the United States and China to reveal critical nutrition and physical activity gaps.MethodsA systematic search was performed in Android and iOS app stores (China and the United States). Apps were eligible if they targeted pregnant or postpartum women, focused on nutrition or physical activity, and had interfaces in English or Chinese. The basic characteristics, functional modules, and overall quality of the apps were evaluated, and differences between apps available in China or the United States were determined using analysis of variance and chi-square tests. Pearson correlations were utilized to investigate links between objective quality and user rating.ResultsA total of 65 maternity-related nutrition and physical activity apps (34 from China and 31 from the United States) were eligible. Among them, 68% (21/31) of US apps and 56% (19/34) of Chinese apps did not provide supporting evidence for their content. A greater number of Chinese apps provided app-based general education modules, namely food nutrition knowledge (n = 0, 0% in the United States vs. n = 30, 88.2% in China). Meanwhile, a greater number of US apps provided exercise modules, namely pregnancy yoga (n = 21, 67.7% in the United States vs. n = 2, 5.9% in China). The overall app quality rating in the United States was lower than it was in China (mean: 3.5, SD: 0.6 in China vs. mean: 3.4, SD: 0.7 in the United States). There was no relationship between the overall app quality rating and the user rating in either country (rho = 0.11 in China and rho = –0.13 in the United States).ConclusionThe characteristics and functional modules of in-store apps for maternal nutrition and physical activity differed between the United States and China. Both countries’ apps, especially Chinese apps, lacked evidence-based information, and there was no correlation between app quality and user rating. The results therefore suggest that user ratings cannot be used as an objective indicator of app quality and that it is necessary to improve the empirical basis and credibility of apps in both countries.

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“…This seafood freshness grading system is based on significant sensory parameters for raw fish with a scoring system from 0 to 3 demerit points. Since no excessive emphasis is attributed to a single parameter, a sample is not rejected based on a single criterion (Freitas et al, 2021). Therefore, the minor differences in results for any criterion do not unduly influence the total QIM score (Nilsen and Esaiassen, 2005).…”

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A Quality Index Method-based evaluation of sensory quality of red mullet (<em>Mullus barbatus</em>) and its shelf-life determination

Lauteri¹,

Ferri²,

Pennisi³

2023

Ital J Food Safety

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Every day the consumer must choose a food product rather than others based on its quality; for fishery products the main quality parameter is freshness. Implementation of the Quality Index Method (QIM) in the fish industry provides information on fish quality; therefore, it is important for effective quality and process management in the production of high-quality fish products. The present study aims to validate the shelf- life study of fresh red mullet (Mullus barbatus) stored in ice previously presented by Özyurt in 2009 through Torry scheme in cooked filet and microbiological evaluation. Next, this revised scheme was applied to determine the shelf-life. It included seven descriptors and varies from 0 to 15 points. The use of a modified QIM scheme showed a good correlation between the quality index and days of storage time, with a R2 value of 0.9698. In fact, all the subjects examined reached the end of their commercial life, or the day of sensory rejection, in 9-10 days with a Quality Index of 13.83.

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Quality Index Method for fish quality control: Understanding the applications, the appointed limits and the upcoming trends

Cited by 21 publications

References 104 publications

Emerging Approach for Fish Freshness Evaluation: Principle, Application and Challenges

Emerging Approach for Fish Freshness Evaluation: Principle, Application and Challenges

Quality assessment of pre- and postnatal nutrition and exercise mobile applications in the United States and China

A Quality Index Method-based evaluation of sensory quality of red mullet (<em>Mullus barbatus</em>) and its shelf-life determination

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