Description du projet
Test ADN sur site pour la chaîne d’approvisionnement alimentaire
Des bactéries, des allergènes et des substances non déclarées peuvent contaminer les matières premières et les produits finis pendant leur traitement, à n’importe quel stade de la chaîne d’approvisionnement. Cela occasionne d’énormes pertes économiques. Malheureusement, les mesures d’atténuation sont onéreuses et les tests de laboratoire sont chronophages. Par conséquent, la plupart des produits alimentaires arrivent sur le marché sans avoir subi de tests de sécurité alimentaire complets, ce qui se solde par des rappels de produits. Le projet DNAFoil, financé par l’UE, présente le premier test ADN sur site, portable et entièrement auto-administré, au monde. Cette innovation permet de valider l’intégrité de la chaîne d’approvisionnement en 30 minutes, sans laboratoire, sans équipement et sans perturbation du processus, proposant ainsi des tests instantanés sur place. Le système DNAFoil est disponible pour le porc, le bœuf, la détection végétale multi-spectre et le test ADN des bactéries Salmonella, Escherichia coli et Listeria.
Objectif
Counterfeit, contaminated or non-compliant ingredients cost the global supply chain €83.5bn+ annually. Both raw ingredients & finished products can become contaminated with bacteria, allergens & undeclared substances during processing at any stage of the supply chain. Putting the situation under control results in product recalls, health risks assessments & major facility decontaminations.
These expensive mitigation measures could be prevented by proper food testing before it is released to the next step in the food supply chain or to the consumers. Unfortunately, this rarely happens because the laboratories that carry out tests require up to 7 days to produce the results. Such long waiting times are not compatible with the product shelf lives & distribution schedules. As a result, most of food products are brought to the market without comprehensive food safety tests, which results in ~30 food recalls per week both in the EU & the US.
SwissDeCode has developed DNAFoil—world’s first portable, completely self-administered onsite DNA test, allowing food production managers to validate supply chain integrity in 30 minutes with no lab, no equipment & no disruption to the process. It also allows inspectors & food manufacturers to replace current lengthy DNA tests that are performed in the laboratories with instantaneous testing in the field.
DNAFoil already available pork DNA test will be joined by beef detection and multi-spectrum vegetal detection in 2017, shortly followed by salmonella, e. coli & listeria.
We have started commercialization through beta sales in the early access program. Our business model is B2B. Our customers operate throughout the complete value chain—food & drink producers, distributors, retailers, caterers & regulatory agencies.
We are aiming at ~€16.7m in revenues by 2022 with 56 FTEs.
Champ scientifique
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologybacteriology
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsDNA
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputer securitycryptography
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood safety
Programme(s)
Régime de financement
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinateur
1020 Renens
Suisse
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.