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Record W4409767084 · doi:10.3390/s25092698

Smartphone-Based Deep Learning System for Detecting Ractopamine-Fed Pork Using Visual Classification Techniques

2025· article· en· W4409767084 on OpenAlexaboutno aff
Hong-Dar Lin, Meilin He, Chou-Hsien Lin

Bibliographic record

VenueSensors · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldAgricultural and Biological Sciences
TopicPharmacological Effects and Assays
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsRactopamineArtificial intelligenceDeep learningComputer sciencePattern recognition (psychology)Machine learningChromatographyChemistry

Abstract

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Ractopamine, a beta-agonist used to enhance lean meat yield, poses health risks with excessive consumption. To comply with global trade policies, Taiwan permits imports of North American (USA. and Canadian) pork containing ractopamine, raising concerns over unclear labeling and potential misidentification as Taiwan pork. Given the high demand for pork, consumers need a reliable way to verify meat authenticity. To address this issue, this study proposes a smartphone-based visual detection system for meat cut and pork origin classification, extending to ractopamine detection. Consumers can use mobile devices in retail settings to analyze pork images and make informed decisions. The system employs a three-stage process: first, applying a black elliptical mask to extract the outer ROI (region of interest) for meat cut classification; then, using a black square mask to obtain the inner ROI for pork origin classification; and finally, determining ractopamine presence in North American pork. Experimental results demonstrate MobileNet's superior accuracy and efficiency, achieving a 96% CR (classification rate) for meat cut classification, a 79.11% average CR and 90.25% F1 score for pork origin classification, and an 80.67% average CR and 80.56% F1 score for ractopamine detection. These findings confirm the system's effectiveness in enhancing meat authenticity verification and market transparency.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.003
Threshold uncertainty score0.008

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0010.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.029
GPT teacher head0.302
Teacher spread0.273 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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