Method and apparatus for detection of defects in food
CA 2127798 A1 · Owner: Bublitz, Christopher G. · Inventors: Bublitz, Christopher G.; Choudhury, Gour S.
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A method for examining an edible product such as fresh fish, flesh, for dielectric inclusions such as encysted parasites. The, product is subjected to a current flow which may be perturbed or, deviated by any hidden inclusions. An electromagnetic effect of perturbed current flow is detected. In a preferred implementation one or more scans of the external magnetic consequences of the effect of an inclusion allows the discovery and removal of the inclusion.
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- Filed January 12, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 12, 2013.
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