Fecal contamination of food products is a critical health issue. To test the feasibility of the
use fluorescent techniques to detect fecal contamination, fluorescence excitation and …

More accurate and sensitive visualisation of faecal contamination in the abattoir would
significantly reduce the risk posed by harbouring pathogenic micro-organisms. We carried …

Digestion of green plants in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract produces degradation products
from chlorophyll that cause ingesta and feces to be highly fluorescent. This property was …

Faeces from cattle and lamb contain products of digestion of chlorophyll that fluoresce. A
hand-held fluorescence imager was used to detect faecal contamination on carcasses in …

Feasibility of fluorescence imaging technique for the detection of diluted fecal matters from
various parts of the digestive tract, including colon, ceca, small intestine, and duodenum, on …

Rapid and reliable inspection of food is essential to ensure food safety, particularly in mass
production and processing environments. Many studies have focused on spectral imaging …

Zero tolerance of feces on the surfaces of meat and poultry carcasses during slaughter was
established as astandard to minimize the likelihood of microbial pathogens. Microbial …

According to the characteristic of synthetic food colors molecule and the relationship
between fluorescence and molecular structure, and through analyzing, it has been …

Feces are the primary source of many pathogenic organisms that can potentially
contaminate agricultural commodities. Feces generally contain chlorophyll a and related …

Highlights•Observable shift in leaf chlorophyll and faecal chlorophyll fluorescence
emissions.•Multispectral fluorescence imaging method was developed for faecal …