APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTAMINANT DETECTION FOR FOOD INDUSTRY

摘要

A method and apparatus (2) for use In the food industry for the detection of contaminants (40) in foodstuffs (10). Air (16) is caused to circulate about the foodstuff (10) in order to aerosolize contaminants. Samples of along with the aerosolized contaminants (42) are collected by a collector (20) and analyzed for the presence of the contaminants. It is desired to use an Aerosol Lab-On-Chip (ALOC) and/or other electronic nose-type devices (24) for the detection of the contaminants.