Research Accomplishment Reports 2010

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Engineering for Food Safety and Quality

F.A. Payne
Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

 

Non-Technical Summary

The safety, economics and quality of processed food depend on the ability to tightly control the processing operation. This project focuses on the development of sensors technologies that can be used to measure the progress of the processing steps, control processing steps within prescribed limits, and predict endpoints.