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Trends and Needs in Food Diagnostics Larissa Kahr BIT, Austria Malin Br228。nnback TEKES, Finland Gabriela von BlankenfeldEnkvist TEKES, Finland Bureau for International Research and Technology Cooperation Austria Aim of the Study ? Investigate technological trends and needs in Food Diagnostics ? Understand the factors that shape and influence the development of this field. Bureau for International Research and Technology Cooperation Austria Focus ? Background on food safety management tools ? Description of the methods currently used and new methods developed ? The market for food diagnostics Bureau for International Research and Technology Cooperation Austria Definitions ? Food Diagnostics applies modern methods developed in human in vitro diagnostic to food ? Rapid Methods prises different types of tests ? Miniaturised biochemical kits ? Antibodybased tests ? Nucleic acid hybridisationbased tests ? Manual, semiautomated or fully automated Bureau for International Research and Technology Cooperation Austria Detection ? Bacteria, viruses, parasites, chemicals, biotoxins, heavy metals and prions ? In all steps of the food chain from raw materials to end products Bureau for International Research and Technology Cooperation Austria Food as test matrix ? Extremely varied in its chemical position ? Contains many different ingredients ? Might contain an intrinsic microbial flora Bureau for International Research and Technology Cooperation Austria Frame Food Safety ? Process control is more efficient than product control ? The safety of a product with low defect rates cannot be guaranteed through sampling and testing ? The focus is changing from endproduct testing to HACCP ? This has to be considered when developing new methods within the conceptual frame of food safety Bureau for International Research and Technology Cooperation Austria Microbiological methods can be divided into “traditional” or “conventional”