Detect toxins at shellfish plants more efficiently
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Under the BioCop project scientists are working with food industry equipment makers to turn current high-tech instruments on the market into affordable, more accurate cross-contaminant detectors that speed up the process of separating out unsafe products. In the US about 250 million chemical analyses are performed each day. About 10 per cent of these are of a poor standard and had to be repeated, according to the BioCop site.
"These figures are supported by the European Commission, which estimated that at least five per cent of the gross national product activities of European countries are devoted to measurement and millions of euro are wasted each year by the need to repeat poor quality tests," the report states.
Food Traceability 2006 conference will be held on February 1-2 2006 in Dallas, USA. This hot topic is driven by health scares, bioterrorism and new laws. It will become the largest RFID application but we cover DNA and many other vital technologies as well. For further details please visit www.trackingfood.com 
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