Sheep & lamb Multiple technology areas Animal technology Automation Processing & packaging Robotics Research project Calibration and accreditation of the SOMA device to measure IMF in sheepmeat Soma Optics, Ltd is a Japanese supplier of near infrared technologies to assess meat quality characteristics in livestock. This project will support the final calibration of three SOMA devices to predict intramuscular fat (IMF) in Australian sheepmeat, which is an indicator of eating quality. Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 30 Oct 2021 - 29 Dec 2023 Research organisations FHK FUJIHIRA INDUSTRY CO., LTD