Lightsense Technology announced in a Jan. 14 press release it has partnered with Norway-based Pure Norwegian Seafood to make salmon processing safer.
The two companies will work on developing solutions based on Lightsense's patented Enhanced Photodetection Spectroscopy (EPS) technology to detect bacterial pathogens in salmon processing, the release stated.
"We are pleased to team with Pure Norwegian Seafood, a leader in marine aquaculture, to bring our combined unique and valuable insights to this important emerging area for protecting and enhancing our food supply via early pathogen detection," Terje Skotheim, founder and CEO of Lightsense Technology said in the release.
"This is the start of a long but rewarding path toward truly breakthrough solutions that can help make our food supply safer and more economical, by providing better control over these ever-emerging complex biological risks," Skotheim said.
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense, the initiative has demonstrated that EPS technology can be used to rapidly detect coronaviruses in human saliva, as well as detecting bacterial pathogens.
"We are very excited to partner with Lightsense Technology with their innovative multi-spectral solution for pathogen detection and believe that together we can bring a significant improvement to salmon processing and the aquaculture industry," Eldar Henden, CEO of Pure Norwegian Seafood AS said in the release