Development of a Rapid Point of Care (POC) test for Food and Water Safety

The project involves the development of a rapid detection test kit that will enable food processors to
measure the absence or presence of potentially harmful pathogenic organisms prior to shipment to
the general trade. The interns’ main objectives will be to dramatically reduce the assessment time for
the tester- currently ranging from 4 to 5 days- to an elapsed time of minutes. The kit will benefit the
food processor to reduce microbial risk and potential cost from a recall, while the consumer will have
safer foods. On the other hand, the industrial partner will possess this unique technology, which
completes the entire process of safe foods production, that being pre-operative sanitation, in process
food safety interventions and lastly the validation of food security through the test kit protocols.

Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Rieder

Student:

Partner:

Adept Diagnostics Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Manufacturing

University:

Western University

Program: