Fortress Technology examines the different factors that are accelerating the need for smarter systems, and how intelligent inspection equipment is helping to usher in a new era of food safety.
Beyond identifying contaminants, smarter technology is being used within or alongside inspection systems within industrial meat processing to improve efficiency, compliance and, ultimately, profitability. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has addressed these changes with its New Era of Smarter Food Safety. Building upon its Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the initiative offers a new approach to food safety that involves leveraging technology and other tools to create a safer and more digital, traceable food system. Rather than relying on largely paper-based systems, the digital process facilitates swifter responses. In addition to offering advice on how to implement tech-enabled traceability, the FDA’s blueprint outlines the need for smarter tools and approaches for prevention and outbreak response, new business models and retail modernization and food safety culture.