Optical technologies for quality and safety aspects in the agri-food chain

Photonics techniques have been extensively implemented into numerous applications for food safety inspection and quality control ensuring the high quality of agricultural products. Additionally, cold atmospheric plasma treatment allows the design of gentle decontamination processes for perishables.

Examples for combined photonics-based quality monitoring and innovative process design along the entire production chain of plant-related foods will be discussed in the webinar.

Speaker: Oliver Schlüter | Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), Germany

Co-authors: Bußler, Julia Durek & Antje Fröhling | Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy | ATB, Germany & Jörg Ehlbeck | INP Greifswald, Germany

In this webinar, we will discuss the recent development of integrated spectral sensors capable of identifying and quantifying key properties of fruits, plants, and organic materials along the full food production chain: on the field by farmers, in storage areas, within the distribution process.

This innovative technology is based on arrays of detectors sensitive in the near-infrared, having dimensions similar to current smartphone cameras. They will offer a fast, low-cost, contactless, and non-invasive method to retrieve the chemical composition of materials without the need for sample preparation.

Speaker: Maurangelo Petruzzella | Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Co-authors: K. Hakkel, F. Ou, F. Pagliano, A. Sauermann, T.Liu, R. Veldhoven and A. Fiore | Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands