Pathogen and GMO Testing to Drive the Food Testing Market in Developing Countries

Food processing companies are increasingly turning towards food safety tests to ensure that supplies to consumers are free from all kinds of harmful pathogens. According to a new research report “Global Food Safety Testing Market Analysis,” by RNCOS, which is a market research company, the global food safety testing market is anticipated to grow stupendously in the coming years. Food safety testing refers to examination of food products for disease causing organisms, chemical residues, and other hazardous material. Food safety testing market holds a huge potential for further advancements. As globalisation of food supply heralds the globalisation of food safety, problems and solutions concerning food safety are no longer confined within the borders of a single country. Increasing public attention to microbiological hazards is also driving change in food safety industry. Rapid microbial testing is being extensively preferred all over the world, due to the advantages of accurate testing within less time.

Presently, many countries have shown their concern over food security. The governments are taking initiatives and stringent regulations have been put forward to ensure food safety in almost all the countries. The report has found that the market is presently dominated by Pathogen testing and the Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) testing. However, as the laboratories become increasingly dependent on efficient screening strategies based on both multiplex protein and the DNA screening, application of a matrix approach to determine the need for more specific identification and quantification methods will gain momentum. As a result, the GMO testing will emerge as the fastest growing segment in food safety testing market. Further, the US, Europe, Canada, China, and Japan are the major geographical markets exhibiting healthy growth rates. The study indicates that the highest growth rate in the developing countries’ food safety testing market is likely to be observed for pathogen testing, followed by GMO testing, and testing of processed food & meat products.