Food safety technology has become readily available to preserve safety and transparency throughout the food supply chain. There may be a myriad of unknowns associated with food safety and its implications, but technology exists that will help you control everything you can in faster and more efficient ways.
Below you will discover some new and advancing technology that may help you evolve and improve your processes in the ever-changing world of food safety technology.
1. Pathogen-busting Tech
If scientists could only discover a magic wand that would kill all pathogens from food supply, then food safety issues might become a thing of the past. Of course, that day will never come, but there is still good news. Food safety technology has made significant advances in the past several years, including the development of interventional technologies that inactivate pathogens in food. Learn about ten of these new or improved food safety processes at FoodSafety Magazine.
2. Helpful Disrupters
“That’s the way it’s always been done, so that’s why we do it,” are often the last words of a business being left in the dust. Sure, some processes will always fundamentally stay the same, but tech can help you gather better, see earlier, and act faster. Tech such as search-driven analytics and cloud storage are now fundamental in seeing issues before they become problems and better understanding customer behavior. Learn more about the necessity of tech disrupters at Food Safety Tech.
3. Mobile Apps
Smartphones have changed all our lives forever, and now they’re doing the same thing for food safety. Going digital has an incredible amount of benefits for food safety, including a decrease of time spent on audits, a reduction of human-based mistakes or tampering, and data reporting searchability. But there is one possible benefit that might be surprising, and it all has to do with how smartphones and tablets can change human behavior. Read all about it in this Food Safety News article.
4. Blockchain Power
Blockchain has revolutionized food safety technology. It links data in such a way that makes everything easily traceable in your food supply chain. This means there is a never-before-seen transparency for the food safety industry because blockchain has the power to transform security, safety, and efficiency in food systems. Learn more about blockchain use for improved food safety at IBM. And check out how Cargill used blockchain to let customers track the origin of their Thanksgiving turkeys in 2017.
Learn how you can use food safety tech to protect your customer, brand, and reputation with the RizePoint food safety solution.