A Novel Integrated Process Monitoring Approach to Enhance Food Safety through On-Line Analysis of Allergens

通过过敏原在线分析增强食品安全的新型综合过程监控方法

• 批准号: 101733
• 金额: $ 53.93万
• 依托单位: UNILEVER U.K. CENTRAL RESOURCES LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=101733
• 关键词: Novel; Integrated; Process; Monitoring; Approach

This project aims to develop an on-line allergen sensor to enable detection of allergen materials in processing equipment where the elimination of allergen contamination from one production run to another is paramount. The allergen measurement will be complemented by additional processing information as part of an integrated process monitoring package to enable greater speed and accuracy of allergen determination and enhanced food safety. Through pilot plant evaluation the project will look to prove the technology in both dry and wet processing equipment where allergens are processed. Key objectives are to develop technology that allows a move away from precautionary labelling, enabling improvements in manufacturing efficiency through tailored cleaning programmes and the development of a technology approach that is capable of reducing the number of product recalls within the FMCG industry. There are no known examples of in-line allergen sensing technologies. If successful this project will bring about a paradigm shift in the way that food processes are operated with greatly improved levels of quality assurance and food safety.

该项目旨在开发一种在线过敏原传感器，以检测加工设备中的过敏原材料，其中从一个生产运行到另一个生产运行消除过敏原污染是至关重要的。作为集成过程监控包的一部分，过敏原测量将得到额外加工信息的补充，以提高过敏原测定的速度和准确性，并增强食品安全性。通过试验工厂评估，该项目将寻求在处理过敏原的干法和湿法处理设备中证明该技术。主要目标是开发技术，使人们能够摆脱预防性标签，通过量身定制的清洁计划提高生产效率，并开发能够减少快速消费品行业产品召回数量的技术方法。目前还没有已知的在线过敏原传感技术的例子。如果成功，该项目将带来食品加工方式的范式转变，大大提高质量保证和食品安全水平。