Research body lays out food safety challenges

Addressing the significance of anti-microbial resistance in food and drink was a key concern of the consultation, which covered the entire food chain.

Understanding and harnessing the role of gut microbes in diet-related health conditions, was also a prime concern of Campden BRI’s 2,400 members, who span 75 countries.

The benefits and risks of the ‘connected world’​

Other key concerns included managing the benefits and risks of the ‘connected world’ – specifically the Internet of Things, Big Data and artificial intelligence; sustaining product quality in the face of rising costs of operations and materials; and stronger recognition of soil as a resource and methods for its protection.

Campden BRI claimed the consultation was “the largest and most comprehensive of industry’s needs”​.

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