The purpose of this symposium is to introduce food safety professionals to recent advances in nanotechnology which are being applied toward food safety. The contributions of nanotechnology toward food safety include new methods to both isolate and detect pathogens and toxins. Nanotechnology has enabled better sensitivity and lower limits of detection in the development of sensors for food pathogens, environmental toxicants, water parasites, etc. As contaminated foods continue to be problematic in the food industry, food safety professionals need to take full advantage of developing technologies which could provide faster, more sensitive or portable testing. This symposium will introduce several examples of nanotechnology being developed for increased food safety. Time will be given at the conclusion of the talks to allow audience members to ask the panel members questions and learn how these advances may soon benefit their business.

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