Mapping Geography Of Novel Food Processing Technologies Around The World

Growing industrialization of food production, globalization, and trade of food supply made food safety perhaps the most important issue for food and equipment manufacturers, retailers, and consumers around the globe.

By Tatiana Koutchma, PhD

In summer 2012, Food Safety Working Group of International Commission of Agricultural Engineering (CIGR) collected the opinions of food professionals to evaluate the role that novel food processing technologies and innovations can play to address global food safety issues and challenges. In this article, the survey responses of food experts from different parts of the world will be discussed.