Japan Adopts AI for Tuna Quality Evaluation

The Japanese Fisheries Agency has begun using an AI program known as Tuna Scope to test product quality before exporting overseas as part of its seafood export support program, according to a release.

Dentsu, the company behind Tuna Scope, has also been providing its tool to the exporter Misaki Megumi Suisan Co. to ensure that it exports the highest quality tuna to its clients in Singapore and the US.

The AI tool can determine the quality of a tuna based on an examination of the tail's cross-section, the same technique used by the country's tuna wholesalers. The team at Dentsu reportedly looked at 5,000 images of tuna cross-sections based on quality determination data, assessing them for taste, texture, freshness and fat characteristics.

With Tuna Scope, Dentsu hopes it can create a new quality standard for tuna traders worldwide, it said.

Source: Undercurrent News