The Toxin - Checker project, which aims to research into toxin rapid testing technologies and apply them in ensuring food safety and hygiene, was launched in Da Nang on Thursday.   

Representatives from the Da Nang International Institute of Technology (DNIIT) - a research and training unit under the University of Da Nang (UDN), the Université Côte d'Azur, the National University of Laos (NUOL) and the Create Capital Viet Nam, under the active support of the Francophonie University Association (AUF) are actively involved in this project.

The project focuses on studying an integrated solution featuring the application of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy with machine learning algorithms and big data processing, along with microelectronics technology to detect chemical, microbiological or physical hazards in various types of food, hereby helping to control food quality and safety in tandem with tracing the origin of food products.

On Thursday and Friday, experts from the project are attending the ‘Toxin – Checker: Méthodologies et Techniques’ workshop in the city.

On the spotlight of the event’s agenda are discussions about the application of the optical spectrum in food quality control, the traceability and authenticity of food origin based on theoretical and practical applications, the use of NIR spectroscopy in detecting toxins in food and the ability to apply hidden Markov model to NIR spectroscopy and toxin identification.