Patent Analytics Report on Food Safety Testing

Introduction

Food supply worldwide is under constant threat and effective test products that can ensure food safety are in demand. Microbial pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, environmental toxins, food allergens and adulterants, residues of drugs and agricultural chemicals can harm consumers if unchecked. In some countries, testing for Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) is also conducted to ensure food authenticity

Although pathogen testing is still the most dominant segment of food testing, Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) testing is the fastest growing food testing segment worldwide.

The purpose of this report on Food Safety Testing is to provide insights into the large and ever growing food testing market and also covers the different testing technologies adopted worldwide.
With outbreaks and contamination like salmonella, E. coli, listeria, and many more the food testing market has grown at a rapid pace. Testing concerns as well as this rapidly growing international trade in food has stimulated the demand for more food safety testing all over the world and has led to technological innovation in areas such as rapid testing and new test technologies such as PCR, Biosensors, Chromatography. Etc.

Points covered:

• Overview of the top companies involved in food testing and their publication trend
• Focus on the contaminants spoiling foodstuffs
• Trends for Current & emerging technologies in use for food testing and their patent activity
• New and upcoming players involved in testing

Technical Segmentation (Patent Categories)

To get deeper insights Food Safety Testing record set was classified as follows:

By Testing Technologies

By Foods Tested

• Beverages
• Dairy Products
• Desserts
• Food Grains
• Fruits & Vegetables
• Meat
• Seafood

By Food Classifications

By Contaminants

Publication Trend

What has been the publication trend for food testing?

Patents related to food testing can be traced back to before 1950 and the real surge in the activity around this technology has happened in the last 5 years.

It’s clear the current activity around these technologies is likely to continue seeing more innovation in the near future.

Top Players

The top organizations are:

Research activity around world

How is research around food safety testing spread across different countries?

In terms of regional pockets where patent protection is being sought most frequently for these technologies, CN leads the count, followed by the US and JP. The table below ranks top priority countries and helps provide an indication of where innovation in this area is originating: