Rise in food recalls catalyzes development of improved food safety technologies
Recent food product recalls due to potential health hazards have created the need for detailed monitoring of food safety at every step along the supply chain. As a result, the market is seeing the introduction of new pathogen testing technologies, novel packaging, intervention technologies and advances in electronic tracking systems, according to recent analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Mountain View, Calif.
The study, “Breakthrough Technologies Enabling Food Safety,” examines technologies for pathogen detection in food at various levels of processing, intervention technologies for microbial reduction, packaging technologies, robotics and automation, technologies with electronic traceability and sensor technologies.