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

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，其中消除从一个生产运行到另一个生产运行的过敏原污染是至关重要的。过敏原测量将辅以额外的加工信息，作为综合过程监测包的一部分，以提高过敏原测定的速度和准确性，并加强食品安全。通过试点工厂评估，该项目将寻求在干法和湿法加工设备中验证该技术，其中加工过敏原。主要目标是开发技术，使其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，并开发一种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，从而大大提高质量保证和食品安全水平。

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.