DETERMINATION OF THE SAFETY OF FOODSTUFFS FOR CONSUMPTION
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1. A method of determining and monitoring the safety of a foodstuff biological entity including at least a portion of a live or previously-live organism, comprising the steps of:
- subjecting said foodstuff biological entity to bioelectrical impedance analysis including measurement and/or calculation of values of resistance, reactance, impedance, capacitance, and/or phase angle of said foodstuff biological entity.tracking said values over time to illustrate freshness, palatability and safety of said foodstuff biological entity; and
ascertaining difference in rate of change from established averages of freshness and palatability which is indicative of contamination of said foodstuff biological entity.
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A method of determining and monitoring the safety of a foodstuff by subjecting the foodstuff to bioelectrical impedance analysis including measurement and calculation of values of resistance, reactance, impedance, capacitance, and phase angle of the foodstuff, and then tracking the values over time to illustrate freshness, palatability and safety of the foodstuff, and ascertaining difference in rate of change from established averages of freshness and palatability to show possible contamination of the foodstuff.
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1. A method of determining and monitoring the safety of a foodstuff biological entity including at least a portion of a live or previously-live organism, comprising the steps of:
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subjecting said foodstuff biological entity to bioelectrical impedance analysis including measurement and/or calculation of values of resistance, reactance, impedance, capacitance, and/or phase angle of said foodstuff biological entity. tracking said values over time to illustrate freshness, palatability and safety of said foodstuff biological entity; and ascertaining difference in rate of change from established averages of freshness and palatability which is indicative of contamination of said foodstuff biological entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of determining and monitoring the safety of a foodstuff biological entity including at least a portion of a live or previously-live organism, comprising the steps of:
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subjecting said foodstuff biological entity to bioelectrical impedance analysis including measurement and/or calculation of values of resistance, reactance, impedance, capacitance, and/or phase angle of said foodstuff biological entity; using said phase angle as a safety and/or freshness indicator of said foodstuff biological entity; utilizing results of said subjecting step to illustrate an objective scale of palatability and freshness of said foodstuff biological entity; tracking said values over time to illustrate freshness, palatability and safety of said foodstuff biological entity; and ascertaining difference in rate of change from established averages of freshness and palatability which is indicative of contamination of said foodstuff biological entity.
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19. A method of determining and monitoring the safety of a foodstuff biological entity including at least a portion of a live or previously-live organism, comprising the steps of:
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subjecting said foodstuff biological entity to bioelectrical impedance analysis including measurement and/or calculation of values of resistance, reactance, impedance, capacitance, and/or phase angle of said foodstuff biological entity; utilizing results of said subjecting step to illustrate an objective scale of palatability and freshness of said foodstuff biological entity; said utilizing step also determines a value of an “
Electrical Freshness”
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Palatability Index”
or “
eFRESH”
certification for said foodstuff biological entity;determining palatability and freshness of a foodstuff biological entity, changes of palatability of said foodstuff biological entity, and/or timing of optimal palatability, loss of the palatability of said biological entity and/or illustrating an objective scale of palatability from which a producer, purveyor, merchant, preparer or consumer may objectively and subjectively apply individual tastes and select a preference from said scale; providing normal, average, optimal and individual measured values of resistance, reactance, capacitance and phase angle, of a sample of said foodstuff biological entity; measuring initial values of impedance, resistance, reactance, capacitance and phase angle of said sample; taking measurements of impedance, resistance, reactance, capacitance and phase angle of said sample at predetermined intervals; recording said measurements; comparing initial values of said measurements to normal values of said measurements and to serially measured values of said measurements; and determining, from said comparison steps, hallmarks of palatability of said foodstuff biological entity, said progression of changes in palatability and freshness of said biological entity, to a specific individual Palatability Index or Electrical Freshness value which may be reported and found as the inherent average, normal, optimal and/or safe individual characteristics of said foodstuff biological entity or portion thereof. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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