Acrylamide—a food contaminant—is pervasive in the food supply, found in literally thousands of food and beverage products consumed every day worldwide. And while it may not yet be widely recognized by the public, almost every person on the planet who eats cooked or manufactured food ingests acrylamide on a regular basis.
To have a chance at eradicating foodborne illness, the food industry needs to not only leverage today’s data collection technologies, testing capabilities and analytics but also coordinate our efforts to build a comprehensive view of food safety across the global food industry.