EU develops new portable food contamination detection instrument

Recently, with the public’s high concern for food safety issues, the EU is also improving and strictly implementing laws and regulations concerning the safety and quality of food production. Among them, the inspection and enforcement of pollution residues from various types of foods such as insecticides has been particularly strengthened. Strength.

In recent years, along with the high level of attention paid to food safety by the public in developed economies, EU laws and regulations on food production quality and safety have become increasingly stringent. In particular, efforts have been made to strengthen the detection and enforcement of pollution residues in various food products such as insecticides. The European Union's Seventh R&D Framework Program (FP7) provides funding support for the development of an innovative portable food contaminant residue detection device successfully developed by the European FOODSCAN R&D team formed by several European Union member states and based on bio-electronic identification detection (BERA) technology. With its rapid response, ease of operation and cost-effectiveness, it has quickly been commercialized and applied by food regulatory agencies, farms, food production companies and other food value supply chain related departments within the EU member states to become food safety for the EU and its member countries. Detection of law enforcement weapon.

In response to this demand for food safety regulatory enforcement, the European FOODSCAN R&D team, formed by several European Union member states, has successfully developed an innovative portable food contaminant residue detection device based on bio-electronic identification and detection technology. The advantages of operation and cost-effectiveness have quickly been commercialized and applied by food regulatory agencies, farms, food production companies and other food value supply chain-related departments within the EU member states, and have become a law enforcement tool for food safety inspections in the EU and its member states.

The innovative portable food contaminant residue detection device developed by the R&D team utilizes the interaction between the active cells of the sample and the selected active substance to measure in real time through a biosensor probe and directly reads out relevant data results from the built-in digital software. . The device has been confirmed by the European Union as an environmentally friendly and user-friendly product. It can detect 8 kinds of samples simultaneously within 3 minutes and the detection accuracy is as high as 80%. Rapid and high-throughput food contamination residue detection methods have effectively ensured that food quality regulators and law enforcement personnel detect food safety hazards in a timely manner, so that they can immediately take necessary actions to prevent the continued circulation of contaminated food.

According to reports, the new portable food contaminant residue detection device uses the interaction between the sample active cells and the selected active substance, and the biosensor probe is used for real-time measurement, and the built-in digital software directly reads the relevant data. The device has been confirmed by the European Union as an environmentally friendly and user-friendly product. It can detect 8 kinds of samples simultaneously within 3 minutes and the detection accuracy is as high as 80%. Rapid and high-throughput food contamination residue detection methods have effectively ensured that food quality regulators and law enforcement personnel detect food safety hazards in a timely manner and take necessary measures to prevent contaminated food from continuing to circulate.

Ms. QUINN, member of the European Commission responsible for R&D and innovation, said that the key role of modern economic and social R&D has penetrated deeply into all walks of life. This is also a significant increase in the R&D investment of the EU 2020 Horizon (Horizon2020). The starting point and the most solid broad social foundation.