Inspection of food

Inspection Methods Training - Food Microbiology

Microbiology is a specialized area of biology dealing with organisms too small to be seen without sufficient magnification. Microbiologists study bacteria, fungi, parasites, viruses, and prions and their interactions with humans, animals, plants, and the environment. While viruses and prions are not living organisms like bacteria, fungi, and parasites, they are studied by microbiologists; there...

Traceability, Inspection, and Food Safety

Traceability exists in many food supply chains for valid economic reasons, one of which is improving food safety and quality. Some politicians and consumer groups are calling for increased identity preservation in systems where traceability has not yet been adopted. In this paper, we explore the implications of adding traceability to a food supply chain that already includes an inspection proto...

Food Inspection Notes: A Handbook for Students

Image Processing Methods for Food Inspection

IMAGE PROCESSING METHODS FOR FOOD INSPECTION Onur Yorulmaz M.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Enis Çetin January 2012 With the advances in computer technology, signal processing techniques are widely applied to many food safety applications. In this thesis, new methods are developed to solve two food safety problems using image processing techniques. First prob...

Inline 3D X-ray Inspection of Food using Discrete Tomography

While X-ray radiography is commonly used for inline inspection of food, it is insufficient if 3D information is needed from the scanned object. Computed Tomography (CT) on the other hand, does provide 3D information, but is known to be expensive and relatively slow. This work proposes a low-cost X-ray scanning system based on a static X-ray source with a wide cone, along with a large detector w...