The American Society for Microbiology reports that blue light kills both dried cells and biofilms of the pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, a frequent contaminant of food processing facilities.
Spearheading this latest funding effort are SPI fund (Sociétés de Projets Industriels) and French Tech Seed, both managed by Bpifrance (Banque Publique d'Investissement) on behalf of the French government. Astanor Ventures, Redalpine, Newfund, and VERSO Capital also joined in this round.
The Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN) is awarding $3,159,379 to two foodtech projects that are creating resiliency within Canada’s food sector through cellular food innovation.
The 187,000-sq.-ft. plant, based in Glenview, Ill., will start by producing ground cultivated chicken products, with plans to expand to other species and whole-textured formats in the future.