Today, food samples are taken at various stages of the supply chain from the farm to the production process and sent to a lab for ISO-certified test results. This can be for authentication, allergens, GMO, or even plant diseases. Results take days, increasing inventory cost, delaying supply-chain, and reducing shelf life. Product release before the certificate can also trigger product recalls. To hold (costly) or to release (risky)?
Food recalls throughout Europe are on the increase and they cost millions in profits and can even cause deaths.
BEAMitup is SwissDeCode's digital food testing and certification platform - a cloud-based read-out device (hard- & software) and disposable microfluidic test chips. The hardware is placed at the customer facilities and capsules are locally stored. An operator will take a food sample, insert it in our device and press a button. In 20 minutes, the company receives a digital certificate of results, which can immediately be shared with customers or authorities. Each certificate will be ISO17025 compliant, certified by SwissDeCode
Built on SwissDeCode’s proprietary technology, the BEAMitup device can be adapted to detect multiple issues in different parts of the food industry. For example, GMO grains, Basmati rice fraud and detection of animal product in vegan food.
The BEAMitup platform is ideal for custom clearance offices, commodity traders, logistic companies, food processing plants, food manufacturers and any extensive production facilities with high daily inputs coming from all across the world.
Our objective is to partner with large multinational companies, and “targeting their suppliers in origin countries to improve the quality of raw materials.
To tackle SARS COV2, our objective was to create a simple test for the surface of frozen foods. This did not become a regulatory requirement, so we pivoted to general surfaces. We have partnered with a European company to certify the effectiveness of the cleaning services they provide. Surfaces are sprayed with a surrogate virus and then tested for SARS COV2 after cleaning. This will now be rolled out across Europe.
