L2M NSERC - A novel high-sensitivity detector for smart food packaging and spoilage detection

L2M NSERC - 一种用于智能食品包装和腐败检测的新型高灵敏度检测器

• 批准号: 576547-2022
• 负责人: Emadi, ArezooTA
• 金额: $ 1.46万
• 依托单位: University of Windsor
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Idea to Innovation
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=751810
• 关键词: L2M; NSERC; novel; sensitivity; detector

Majority of food commodity in the food service industry is sold in packages to ensure a longer shelf-life, prevent food tampering, and restrict perishability. However, the lack of a prevalent method to monitor food quality in packages is a significant concern, as existing methods such as expiry date labelling does not account for food spoilage due to microbial contamination. Developments in miniaturized sensor technology are providing innovative solutions for monitoring packaged food and detecting microbial contaminants for safeguarding consumer wellbeing and reducing food wastage. This developed sensor technology addresses the lack of methods for inspecting packaged food quality and overcomes barriers associated with the technology adoption in the food packaging industry by facilitating a simple and low-cost approach. Market analysis will be conducted to assess the feasibility of commercializing a novel miniaturized sensor that will allow for low-power utilization, high-sensitivity, and fast detection of microbial contaminants in the food and produce packaging and storage sector. This solution is built upon patented technologies that have been combined into a prototype sensor that is currently being tested in a controlled environmental chamber for detecting distinct chemical compounds associated with the target contaminant. Further R&D studies are being explored to improve this sensor. Scale-up production experiments are also needed to support market entry. We expect that the assessment will confirm the commercialization scope for this technology and will identify factors affecting adoption, key stakeholders and commercialization partners, and the requirement for novel methods to identify microbial contaminants for preventing wastage and enhancing people's accessibility to high quality packaged food and produce.

食品服务行业中的大多数食品商品都以包裹出售，以确保更长的保质期，防止食品篡改并限制易腐性。但是，缺乏监测包装中食品质量的普遍方法是一个重大问题，因为现有的方法（例如到期日期标签）并不能因微生物污染而导致食物变质。微型传感器技术的发展提供了创新的解决方案，用于监测包装食品并检测微生物污染物，以保护消费者的福祉并减少食物浪费。这项开发的传感器技术解决了缺乏检查包装食品质量的方法，并通过促进简单且低成本的方法来克服与食品包装行业采用技术相关的障碍。将进行市场分析以评估新型微型传感器商业化的可行性，该传感器将允许在食品和生产包装和存储部门中对微生物污染物的低功率利用，高敏性和快速检测。该解决方案是建立在专利技术基础上的，该技术已被合并为原型传感器，该技术目前正在受控的环境室中测试，用于检测与靶污染物相关的不同化合物。正在探索进一步的研发研究以改善该传感器。还需要进行扩大生产实验来支持市场。我们预计该评估将确认该技术的商业化范围，并确定影响采用率，主要利益相关者和商业化伙伴的因素，以及对鉴定微生物污染物的新方法的要求，以防止浪费和增强人们对高质量包装食品和生产的可及性。