Food Testing and Certification Market Trends Size Analysis 2022-2029

Increasing demand for food testing safety compliance due to growing food-borne disease and food adulteration scandals

The globalization and international trade have resulted in increasing complications in terms of food safety and retaining the quality of the food, which have created the situation of complex implementation of strict rules and regulations. Additionally, increasing food adulteration activities and food-borne diseases have led to growing food safety activities, driving the growth of the food testing and certification market. For instance, According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 600 million people, approximately 1 in 10 people globally, after eating contaminated food fall ill and about 420 000 die each year, leading to the loss of 33 million healthy life years.

About US$110 billion is spent every year on productivity and medical expenses due to unsafe food in developing and developing countries. Additionally, diarrhoea diseases are the most frequent illnesses due to the consumption of unhygienic food, resulting in 550 million people falling ill and 230 000 deaths each year. Developed and developing countries both undergo food safety threats due to biological, chemical, and physical food safety risks. Mainly bacterial and viral pathogens are accountable for about 82% of all food-borne diseases globally. Every day billions of people are in danger of consuming unsafe food. All these factors make food testing and certification one of the imperative procedures in all countries, which boost the market growth every year. Food scandals for unethical money are also forcing countries to implement food safety regulations strictly, which makes the food testing and certification market lucrative business. 

For instance, at least 1060 people had suffered from illness and about 216 died in the largest recorded Listeria outbreak in 2017 and 2018. The cause of this outbreak was due to processed meat products such as polony, Russians, and Viennas, from one of the biggest food enterprises in South Africa, Tiger Brands, as the South African regulation does not need Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points in meat processing factories.

To prevent such types of incidents, international organizations and local country government bodies are actively improving their infrastructure and regulations to effectively implement food safety policies which are driving the market growth of food testing and certification. With gradual globalization of the food supply chain, various world trade situations and commitments rising from the World Trade Organization (WTO), such as compliance to international or importing countries’ standards is required for access to foreign markets. 

The trend of globalization of food products has also resulted in enhanced interest in the improvement of the food standards and regulations and an intensification of the food quality control infrastructure in various developing countries, which has helped in the market growth. There is a steady shift from end-product testing to a systems approach with food manufacturers and vendors selecting standards such as GMP and HACCP. Formerly, food safety standards were imposed by regulations like PFA, ISI mark, AGMARK standard, but with the growth in international trade, demand for voluntary certification standards have increased sharply for trustworthiness which is driving the global food testing and certification market.

Technological changes along with the application of new technology in the food safety category

According to industry insiders, technological changes have greatly impacted the way the ITC industry functions. Technologies create new types of risks and innovative areas of application for testing, inspection and certification (TIC). Technologies enable and upgrade the methods of giving TIC services due to the advent of technologies such as automation, computer simulation and blockchain, which also affects the productivity of TIC service provided. They innovate about new methods of interacting with customers, resulting in new business models and new positioning options in the TIC value chain. The growing application has increased the productivity of the food testing and certification market and has become one of the factors in implementing effective food safety policies. New technological features such as high accuracy, fast service, high sensitivity, low turnaround times, and the capability of testing a varied range of contaminants are in demand by customers and further boost the digitalization and technological innovation within the industry to improve revenue generation. The trends described above have also been visible in the TIC M&A market in the second half of 2019, with multiple transactions in the specialized food safety market. Merieux NutriSciences, one of the largest food testing companies in the United States, has extended its global footprint by acquiring the Netherlands-based company KTBA Netherlands, a provider of quality and business assurance and software solutions for the food testing market. Other transactions in the food testing segment include the acquisition of AS4 by Normec and the acquisition of Nomor Holding by ServiceMaster. One of the most discernible impacts of technological implementation on food systems, in particular, is the way information is exchanged. There is growing popularity of e-certification globally as a means of increasing the efficiency of trade movement of food and agricultural products while also decreasing the possibility for fraud. Additionally, distributed ledger technologies are estimated to improve the transmission of information of food and food ingredients right through the supply chains and e-commerce. Other than that, the communication revolution directly affects consumers’ behavior through the easy availability of real-time information about the safety and quality of foods which largely controls their purchasing decision, mainly in developed countries. By the application of big data analytics, there is an improved understanding of causes contributing to the occurrence, survival, and transmission of food-borne accidents, which enables the development of more effective interventions. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning programs are also being increasingly used in the food industry exclusively in the assessment and management of food safety risks. For instance, artificial neural networks are applied for the development of early warning systems for food safety monitoring. In terms of trade, AI is applied in the area of prevention of food fraud and adulteration to recognize foods in commerce that may abuse trade rules and pose a threat to public health. All these new applications have expanded the service portfolio in this market and have created new business for the competitors to explore, which drives the market growth of food testing and certification.

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