Technologies to guarantee quality and food safety as strategic focus in manufacturing processes

Consumers today are concerned not only about food quality, but also about nutritional qualities, food safety and sustainability. It is no longer enough to manufacture quality food, but rather it must be healthy and without risk of contamination caused by toxic substances, pathogens, allergens, or foreign matter. Technology has evolved a lot, both in the field of Photonic Technologies and in Computing and Artificial Intelligence, making it possible to carry out controls to identify risks in the same production line very quickly. This paper will review the main inspection and control technologies, such as artificial vision, spectroscopy, hyperspectral vision or biosensors, as well as the advantages of using Machine Learning techniques, showing use cases and applications. real that allow to control the quality and safety of 100% of the production.