1852053509 Partnering to make food safer
Case Study: Partnering to Make Food Safer
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Sample6: Partnering to Make Food Safer
Section A According to Higgins and Kester (2013), Sample6 came up with a food safety analyzer for detecting listeria spp bacteria in food environment, within a maximum of four hours. Sample6 software could be important to food companies in monitoring and remediation tests since it relies on an analytic platform that utilizes visual data, and is easy to use. The developer of Sample6 food safety software, Curran, had arranged a meeting with major food industries in the US to discuss a partnership that would lead to the production of safe food in the country. Additionally, the case study discusses the US food industry involving highlighting of major key trends in the food industry. Shifting of consumer tastes forms one of the strongest trends in the food industry in which consumers demand for healthier food products than the ones in the US markets that lead to complications like obesity and chronic disease. Globalization, food safety and traceability also formed some of the topics covered under this case study.
The study highlights that there are approximately four varieties of food contaminants in the US. These contaminants include chemicals, allergens, and microbiological agents (Higgins & Kester, 2013). Moreover, broadly covered in the case study are current requirements and regulations concerning food safety in the US such as prevention of food hazards, food inspection, recalls, and impacts of food recalls on the reputation of the specific food industry. This case study narrows on Sample6 as a new player in the food-safety diagnostics industry, and highlights the benefits that customers would gain in using its assay food safety software. Some of the identified advantages of using Sample6 food-safety analytics platform are faster testing time, four hours, no enrichment, high specificity and
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Sample6: Partnering to Make Food Safer
Section A According to Higgins and Kester (2013), Sample6 came up with a food safety analyzer for detecting listeria spp bacteria in food environment, within a maximum of four hours. Sample6 software could be important to food companies in monitoring and remediation tests since it relies on an analytic platform that utilizes visual data, and is easy to use. The developer of Sample6 food safety software, Curran, had arranged a meeting with major food industries in the US to discuss a partnership that would lead to the production of safe food in the country. Additionally, the case study discusses the US food industry involving highlighting of major key trends in the food industry. Shifting of consumer tastes forms one of the strongest trends in the food industry in which consumers demand for healthier food products than the ones in the US markets that lead to complications like obesity and chronic disease. Globalization, food safety and traceability also formed some of the topics covered under this case study.
The study highlights that there are approximately four varieties of food contaminants in the US. These contaminants include chemicals, allergens, and microbiological agents (Higgins & Kester, 2013). Moreover, broadly covered in the case study are current requirements and regulations concerning food safety in the US such as prevention of food hazards, food inspection, recalls, and impacts of food recalls on the reputation of the specific food industry. This case study narrows on Sample6 as a new player in the food-safety diagnostics industry, and highlights the benefits that customers would gain in using its assay food safety software. Some of the identified advantages of using Sample6 food-safety analytics platform are faster testing time, four hours, no enrichment, high specificity and