| Food Safety Products | | | | as well as disinfection equipment. |
| US demand to rise 6.6% annually through 2014 | | | | Demand for food safety products in foodservice |
| US demand for food safety products is forecast | | | | establishments will be supported by growth in the |
| to rise 6.6 percent per year to $2.9 billion in 2014. | | | | foodservice industry, as consumers seek |
| Recent high-profile foodborne illness outbreaks, in | | | | convenient, ready-to-eat offerings that provide |
| addition to large product recalls due to food | | | | alternatives to what is typically made at home. |
| safety concerns, will continue to fuel demand, as | | | | Food safety product demand in the foodservice |
| the prevention, identification and traceability of | | | | sector will also be boosted by efforts on the part |
| food contaminants will remain key issues for | | | | of restaurant operators to avoid the devastating |
| consumers, food industry participants and | | | | impact of a foodborne illness outbreak on their |
| legislators. Demand for food safety products will | | | | image. In particular, such efforts will include the |
| also be boosted by the adoption of more | | | | use of more efficient disinfection products, which |
| stringent food safety regulations. For instance, | | | | will fuel demand for disinfectants and sanitizers |
| projected increases in the frequency of food plant | | | | used in restaurants and other eating and drinking |
| inspections will raise demand for diagnostic testing | | | | establishments. |
| products. Advances will also be supported by | | | | Smart labels & tags to be fastest growing |
| growth in food and beverage production, and | | | | products |
| expansion in the foodservice industry, as food | | | | Demand for smart labels and tags is forecast to |
| processing plants and foodservice establishments | | | | experience the fastest growth among all major |
| constitute the largest markets for food safety | | | | food safety product types. Smart labels and tags |
| products. Sales of smart labels and tags will exhibit | | | | often directly interact with the food or |
| the fastest gains, driven by the rapid adoption of | | | | environment to provide food safety related |
| new smart label technology in food packaging. ( ) | | | | information.Additionally, bar codes and radio |
| Food processing plants to remain largest market | | | | frequency identification (RFID) chips are used in |
| The food processing segment, which accounted | | | | distribution operations to provide traceability |
| for 71 percent of total demand for food safety | | | | information, an increasingly important food safety |
| products in 2009, will continue to dominate the | | | | issue. Gains in RFID tags are expected to be |
| overall market. Among the various food and | | | | strong, as their use for inventory tracking and |
| beverage processing industries, the largest share | | | | management continues to grow. For instance, |
| of food safety product demand will stem from | | | | large cattle and pig farms will increasingly use |
| the meat industry, as raw meat products are | | | | RFID tags to speed animal transfer and |
| easily contaminated during slaughter and | | | | processing at feed lots and slaughterhouses. On |
| subsequent processing, necessitating extensive | | | | the other hand, advances for bar code labels and |
| food safety measures. Advances in meat output | | | | tags will be restrained due to market maturity, as |
| will support demand for diagnostic testing | | | | well as continued loss of market share to RFID |
| products (such as those used to detect | | | | tags. |
| Salmonella and E. coli), disinfectants and sanitizers, | | | | |