A unique oportunity

About OPTICUT

The slaughtering sector in the EU28 plays a key role in the meat industry. It embraces over 3,300 pig slaughterhouses, which process yearly 252 million pig carcasses and generate a turnover of €73b. In a context of strong market competitiveness, and driven by the demand of meat processors, slaughterhouses are developing new strategies to improve their product segmentation and the consistency of their product quality.

In particular, pre-classified raw meat parts free of quality defects are being increasingly demanded by elaborators of cooked and dry-cured meat products. OPTICUT aims to develop a commercial solution to perform an objective assessment of the commercial value of the primal cuts, to optimize the value of their products, to create specific product segments for different markets, and to meet customers' requirements. This Manunet project aims to scale up and validate the OPTICUT technology to achieve a TRL8, prior to commercialization. OPTICUT represents a unique business opportunity for the lead users of this project to boost sales and access international markets, and for end-users partners to maximize the value of their products.