A great article by The Guardian discussing the challenges of meat contamination in meat processing facilities in the UK. It demonstrates that there is clearly a need for Veritide’s technology to improve meat hygiene and consumer food safety. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/18/fears-of-dirty-meat-entering-food-chain-after-25-of-abattoirs-fail-tests

Food safety concerns have prompted the USA to ban beef imports from Brazil after a scandal was uncovered relating to bribed inspectors who had issued health certificates for food unsuitable for consumption. Veritide’s technology could be used to audit meat prior to dispatch and upon entry to a country to ensure that there was no…

An article by Fortune Magazine focussed on food safety in the USA. There is some great analysis of the costs of contamination on food – at a dollar, people and company level. Just a fraction of the food poisoning cases is able to be followed up by health officials. Despite this, there has been a…