Development of a Real-Time In-Situ Evaluation Sensing System for Hazardous and Adulterated Food Materials

The objective of this cooperative research project is to develop and validate Raman imaging technologies for detection of hazardous food materials and to develop a rapid commercial prototype Raman imaging system suitable for in situ detection of hazardous food materials in commercial food processing environments. The common goal is to design and fabricate a commercial prototype hyperspectral Raman imaging system for detecting hazardous food materials in a commercial setting and to develop rapid image analysis methods for using hyperspectral Raman imaging technologies.