Smart packaging, a new era of food freshness, safety and reduced waste.
As reported by Shiri Epstein for the online innovation newsmagazine NoCamels, Israeli foodtech company BioTip hopes to put an end to both meat-related waste and ailments, developing a sticker that can tell whether meat products in the fridge are still fresh and fit for consumption.
The BioTip sticker is actually a sensor that measures the amount of microbes (which include viruses, parasites and bacteria) in a food product, which tells it whether the product is safe to eat.
Microbes already exist in meat products and grow throughout its time in storage. Once the microbial load exceeds the approved threshold set by food regulators, it can produce dangerous bacteria such as E. coli, salmonella and listeria.
The proprietary sensor, known as the Food-Metrics Sensing Platform (FMSP), changes color when the microbial load in the food exceeds safe levels for consumption of the meat, as determined by United States Food and Drug Admininistration and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
The blue sensors change to white and the green ones turn yellow – and the company is also developing an intermediate stage that tells you the time to eat the food is running out. The sensor also works when placed on meat that has been frozen.
“It will tell all the supply chain – producers, distributors, retailers and eventually of course consumers – when a specific piece of meat has a high microbial load,” says BioTip CEO Zur Granevitze.
BioTip is currently carrying out pilot tests of the sensor with several companies in the US as well as one of the largest operations in Israel. The company aims to be fully commercialized by Q4 of 2024.
On a related story, Senoptica Technologies, a sensor technology and analytics company that uses optical sensors with food-safe ink to determine the oxygen level inside packaged foods predicting spoilage before it happens, also got FDA approval to be launched in the US.
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