<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-03T15:52:43Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/27928ABD-FFF8-49FC-ADB6-0213EC710E82" ns1:id="27928ABD-FFF8-49FC-ADB6-0213EC710E82"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/4D2FC6E6-51E3-413A-96FE-7B74BE32B093" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/96C82FD8-DB7E-4930-BD60-8AE19F5AB75E" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/B7CA8B45-9573-42D6-A0A9-A8D46EF51B62" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/96C82FD8-DB7E-4930-BD60-8AE19F5AB75E" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2017-03-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/D9EE5480-6006-47B3-B112-69FD48B819C4" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2014-03-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">101729</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>On Line Production of Meat Quality through use of NIR (Near InfaRed)</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Collaborative R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>The challenge to the agri-food sector amidst a growing population is to not only meet demand but to meet consumer demands in relation to quality, public health requirements, sustainability, healthier and novel foods - the project aims to develop viable on-line technologies to quantify meat quality and ensure a more consistent product and as such improve product consistency by optimising pH and temperature declines in the transition from muscle to meat and improve product quality on a consistent basis.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>