Following consultations with members about industry needs that can be met through innovation in science and technology, Campden BRI has released a document entitled ‘Scientific and Technical Needs of the Food and Drink Supply Chain’.
It outlines industry needs to encourage the application of science and technology to address those needs. Some of them include:
- Sustaining product quality in the face of rising costs of operations and materials
- Soil health - recognition of soil as a resource and methods for its protection
- Human microbiota - understanding and harnessing the role of gut microbes in diet-related health conditions
- Anti-microbial resistance - addressing its significance for the food and drink sector
- Artificial intelligence (AI) and cyber-security - managing the benefits and risks of the ‘connected world’ (e.g. Internet of Things, ’Big Data’, and machine learning)