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Rapid detection of foodborne pathogens is crucial for public health. While culture methods confirm, emerging technologies offer faster screening, but challenges like matrix interference remain.

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Area of Science:

  • Food safety and public health microbiology.
  • Analytical chemistry and biosensing.
  • Bioinformatics and artificial intelligence in diagnostics.

Background:

  • Foodborne pathogens present significant challenges for public health, food safety, and industrial quality control.
  • Current culture-based methods are vital for regulatory confirmation but are slow and labor-intensive.
  • Emerging technologies offer faster, more sensitive detection but face matrix interference and validation issues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review and compare emerging technologies for detecting foodborne pathogens.
  • To assess the strengths and limitations of various rapid detection methods.
  • To provide insights into the potential and barriers for routine implementation of new technologies.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative analysis of immunological assays, nucleic acid amplification, biosensors, microfluidics, CRISPR-Cas, mass spectrometry, sequencing, and AI-assisted methods.
  • Evaluation based on analytical principle, sample pretreatment, sensitivity, specificity, assay time, viable-cell discrimination, field applicability, and standardization.
  • Literature review and expert opinion synthesis.

Main Results:

  • Emerging technologies significantly improve speed, sensitivity, portability, and multiplexing capabilities.
  • Culture-based methods remain essential for viable isolate recovery and confirmation.
  • Performance of new methods is highly dependent on food matrix, sample preparation, and application context.

Conclusions:

  • Culture-based methods are central for confirmation; emerging technologies excel in rapid screening and point-of-need testing.
  • Key barriers to routine adoption include matrix interference, limited validation in real-world samples, and poor viable/dead-cell discrimination.
  • Further standardization and validation are needed for widespread integration of novel detection platforms.