Who Needs the Certified Quality Reader & AMP?
Fishermen and Community Supported Fisheries
Hard-working fishers deserve fair compensation for the dangerous and essential work they do to provide healthy, sustainable, responsibly harvested seafood for consumers.
- Analyze and monitor the quality of fish through various handling processes to maximize shelf life and sale price. Slush chill vs. ice packing? Pressure bleeding vs. gutting alone?
- Track the quality of fish from various fishing areas. Spawning fish are softer and waterier and will sell for less. Some species will sell for a premium price if the fish are fattier.
- Prove the high quality of the seafood you catch for higher sale prices.
- Sell the highest graded lots for a super-premium price to high-end buyers.
- Sell higher fat content fish for a premium.
Seafood Processors
Seafood processors are the lifeblood of the seafood supply chain. Maximize the quality and improve shelf life with the Certified Quality Reader.
- Assess the quality of an inbound product.
- Track quality trends by boat or by the supplier.
- Reward the boats and suppliers who provide the best quality.
- Identify the boats and suppliers with lower quality to incentivize better handling practices.
- Sell higher fat content fish for a premium.
- Identify soaked products,
- Identify previously frozen fish, sold a s fresh fish.
- Identify the best handling practices in the processing plant, i.e., slush chill incoming fish? Slush chill with freshwater or brine? Which processes impact quality and extend shelf life the most?
- Prove the high quality of your seafood to maximize the sale price to discerning buyers.
- Sell the highest graded lots for a premium price to high-end buyers.
Retail, Wholesale and Food Service Distributors
Seafood distributors are the critical link in the supply chain between catch and consumption. Maximize the quality and reduce shrink for customers with the CQR and AMP.
- Assess the quality of an inbound product.
- Identify previously frozen fish labeled as fresh fish.
- Track quality trends by boat or by a supplier.
- Track inbound quality by day of the week to identify supply chain opportunities.
- Sell higher fat content fish for a premium.
- Identify soaked products.
- Analyze fish quality data looking for trends and insights.
- Identify and reward farms, boats, and suppliers, providing consistently superior quality over time.
- Utilize objective quality data for periodic supplier reviews.
- Prove the high quality of seafood to the most demanding customers.
- Sell the highest graded lots for a premium price to high-end buyers.
Seafood Restaurants and Retail Seafood Markets
Restaurants and retailers are where the rubber meets the road, and the fish meets the end consumer. Maximize the quality and reduce shrink utilizing the CQR.
- Assess the quality of an inbound product. Set rejection and acceptance thresholds with objective data to improve quality and reduce shrink.
- Identify previously frozen fish. Don't be fooled again.
- Track quality trends by supplier/distributor.
- Sell higher fat content fish for a premium.
- Identify soaked products,
- Track inbound quality by day of the week. Does your supplier get deliveries of every species, every day? No. Identify the best days to buy which species.
- Spot check quality on hand to determine WIFO (Worst In, First Out).
- Promote your seafood's high quality to customers because you use the CQR to assess and track quality.
Aquaculture Farms
Aquaculture is the most efficient and sustainable farming method to produce food-grade protein on planet Earth. Maximize yield and reduce cost using the CQR to improve processes.
- Get real-time body composition data without killing fish or paying hundreds of dollars for slow, expensive lab tests.
- Track and monitor the health of animals. The CQR is a valuable tool for veterinarians and farm managers to detect health and body composition changes.
- Monitor fish conditions through various feeding trials and husbandry practices.
- Prove high-quality assurances to astute buyers by measuring product quality just before shipping or freezing.
- Provide fat and water data to discerning buyers.
- Sell higher fat content fish for a premium.
Taku River Reds
Featured Certified Quality Vendor
Taku River Reds is a valued member of the Certified Quality Seafood family. They use the CQR as a part of their own rigorous QA/QC program to ensure the highest quality fish to their customers.
The team is showing off the perfect quality sockeye salmon!
Contact Us
CQ Foods, Inc.- Research and Development (R&D) Center
Address
17415 Christine Ave.
Juneau, AK 99801
CQ Foods, Inc. - Manufacturing
33939 Harper Avenue, Clinton Township, Michigan 48035, United States
Phone 858-215-4911 Email info@SeafoodAnalytics.com
