Ensuring food safety: Microfluidic-based approaches for the detection of food contaminants.

Autor: Kasputis T; Department of Biological Systems Engineering Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia USA., Hosmer KE; Department of Biological Systems Engineering Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia USA., He Y; Department of Biological Systems Engineering Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia USA., Chen J; Department of Biological Systems Engineering Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia USA.; Department of Bioengineering University of California Riverside California USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Analytical science advances [Anal Sci Adv] 2024 Apr 14; Vol. 5 (5-6), pp. e2400003. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 14 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1002/ansa.202400003
Abstrakt: Detecting foodborne contamination is a critical challenge in ensuring food safety and preventing human suffering and economic losses. Contaminated food, comprising biological agents (e.g. bacteria, viruses and fungi) and chemicals (e.g. toxins, allergens, antibiotics and heavy metals), poses significant risks to public health. Microfluidic technology has emerged as a transformative solution, revolutionizing the detection of contaminants with precise and efficient methodologies. By manipulating minute volumes of fluid on miniaturized systems, microfluidics enables the creation of portable chips for biosensing applications. Advancements from early glass and silicon devices to modern polymers and cellulose-based chips have significantly enhanced microfluidic technology, offering adaptability, flexibility, cost-effectiveness and biocompatibility. Microfluidic systems integrate seamlessly with various biosensing reactions, facilitating nucleic acid amplification, target analyte recognition and accurate signal readouts. As research progresses, microfluidic technology is poised to play a pivotal role in addressing evolving challenges in the detection of foodborne contaminants. In this short review, we delve into various manufacturing materials for state-of-the-art microfluidic devices, including inorganics, elastomers, thermoplastics and paper. Additionally, we examine several applications where microfluidic technology offers unique advantages in the detection of food contaminants, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, allergens and more. This review underscores the significant advancement of microfluidic technology and its pivotal role in advancing the detection and mitigation of foodborne contaminants.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
(© 2024 The Author(s). Analytical Science Advances published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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