Portable nano and micro sensors developed for food safety
Date: 7.3.2006
An EU-funded research project has developed micro and nanotechnology portable devices to detect toxins, pathogens and chemicals in foodstuffs on the spot.
The development means food samples would no longer have to be sent to a laboratory for tests – a comparatively lengthy and costly procedure – but could be analysed for safety and quality at the farm, slaughter house, during transport, or in a processing or packaging plant, the project's researchers say.
"Source":[ http://www.labtechnologist.com/news/ng.asp?n=65976-nanotechnology-food-safety-sensor].
