Xiamen establishes fish product identification technology

The first national fish shellfish appraisal research project jointly conducted by the Xiamen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau Technical Center and the world’s largest test and measurement company “Agilent Technologies Co., Ltd.” has achieved phased results and successfully established information involving more than 10 species of fish. Fish species identification database. This will significantly increase the efficiency and accuracy of the identification of such seafood.

The identification solution developed according to the database is applicable to a variety of seafood types and takes only 7 hours or more from sample preparation to identification. Whether it is fresh, frozen, cured, cooked and chopped fish, or even fish oysters, fish balls, fins, or fish liver powder, the system can accurately identify and make up for the experts' eyes. Insufficient fish identification methods for observation and protein analysis. This research technology can play an important role in the maintenance of labeling laws and regulations, cracking down on substandard counterfeit and shoddy products, preventing the ingestion of toxic fish, and protecting rare and endangered fish species.

In November 2010, the first batch of Taiwanese grouper that had passed the quarantine inspection of the “mini three links” pipeline entered the mainland and has now reached the ship on a weekly basis and is about to enter normalization. The cooperation and research results of the Xiamen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau's Technology Center and Agilent Co., Ltd. promptly met the requirements for species identification of fish and shellfish on both sides of the Taiwan Straits. This will not only promote the exchange of inspection and quarantine technologies between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, but also has important implications for promoting the deeper and broader development of cross-Strait economic and trade cooperation.