meat grading 

MIJ Grading

Meat Image Japan (MIJ) carcase camera technology was introduced to the UK in November 2021 though a partnership with Meat Imaging USA. The MIJ mobile camera objectively assesses marbling score and fineness, meat and fat colour and ribeye area among many other traits. By downloading an APP to your smartphone and attaching a simple-to-use light source cradle, you simply take photos of the rib eye. The image is translated into data and recorded onto the smartphone database with your own unique password-protected access. Data can then be linked back into ABRI’s Breedplan Performance Recording system to aid breeding decisions and genetic improvement.

FURTHER INFO 

In 2023, the British Wagyu Association teamed up with its partner the Australian Wagyu Association (AWA) to bring MIJ hardware and software to UK users. Click HERE to read about the Norfolk Cluster of three BWA Members who have been working together and sharing a MIJ camera through their local abattoir since September 2026. Please contact AWA specialist Aaron van der Heuvel (aaron@wagyu.org.au) to talk you through the system and costings. Or ask Richard Saunders (info@britishwagyu.co.uk) about MIJ technology. See also www.meatimaging.com for videos of MIJ in action. If you are interested in comparing different carcase camera technologies available, then click HERE for research undertaken in May 2024 comparing MIJ, E+V and Masterbeef cameras to predict IMF in F1 Wagyu.