Journal of Food Processing & Technology

Application of nanotechnology for food and nutrition

7^th Indo-Global Summit and Expo on Food & Beverages

October 08-10, 2015 New Delhi, India

M S Thakur

University of Mysore, India

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Food Process Technol

Abstract:

Assessment of food safety and nutritional quality of food are the prime aspects in modern times around the globe. About three million premature deaths occur every year due to contaminated food (WHO). Many fatal incidences have occurred in our country recent past due to contaminated food served in the mid-day meal. These incidences have triggered an urgent need to develop field applicable analytical systems for food contaminants and adulterants with rapidity and high specificity. Novel bio-sensing systems are emerging as one of the advanced diagnostic tools to ensure food safety and quality. Applications of nanotechnology and biosensors in areas of food, health, environment and defense have shown increasing market potential in recent years. Current nanobiotechnological approach in the field of bio-analytical methods has envisaged the development of simple and reliable bio-sensing tools with the help of novel strategies such as Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET), bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET), Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR), Metal Enhanced Fluorescence (MEF), Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) etc. Commonly used methods for the detection of pathogens, toxins and environmental hazardous materials are mainly based on ELISA, PCR, morphological and biochemical characterization, spectroscopy, ICP-MS, HPLC etc. Though these methods have conventional and classical approach towards analytic detection are limited mainly by their long preparation time, requirement of skilled personnel and huge economical investment. During presentation development of nanobiosensors for detection of food borne pathogens, toxins, nutraceutical will be discussed. Further, other applications of nanoparticles for food processing will also be discussed.

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Email: msthakur@yahoo.com