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Biosensor: an emerging safety tool for meat industry

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The meat industry associated with the health hazards like deadly pathogens, veterinary drugs, pesticide residues, toxins and heavy metals is in need of a tool to tackle the awful situation and ensure safer product to consumer. The growth in the industry, global trade scenario, stringent laws and consumer awareness has placed an extra onus on the meat industry to meet out the expectations and demands. Biosensors are the latest tool of detection in the fast growing industries including the food industry. Hence an attempt is envisaged here to review the possibility of harnessing biosensors as tool of safety to safe guard the consumer health and address safety issues in reference to the common threats of concern in the meat industry.

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  1. Department of Livestock Products Technology, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India

    Pradeep Kumar Singh, Gauri Jairath, Satyavir Singh Ahlawat, Ashok Pathera & Prashant Singh

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Singh, P.K., Jairath, G., Ahlawat, S.S. et al. Biosensor: an emerging safety tool for meat industry. J Food Sci Technol 53, 1759–1765 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-015-2041-7

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