Rising Food Safety Concerns Boosting Microbial Identification Products Sales
The food and beverage industry is increasingly adopting microbial identification products, due to the growing concerns regarding food safety. Food and beverage companies use these products to detect unwanted microorganisms and prevent the contamination of food items. Regular detection of microorganisms is required in food products, as any alteration in storage temperature, pH value, water activity, relative humidity, and gas composition of storage units leads to the growth of microbes in these items. The growth of microbes results in food spoilage and food poisoning, which can be avoided by the use of microbial identification products.
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Additionally, microbial identification solutions are also used by hospitals and other healthcare facilities to detect infectious diseases, such as measles, tuberculosis (TB), and hepatitis, in patients. These diseases are primarily caused by pathogenic microorganisms like viruses and bacteria. Medical professionals are largely adopting such products to offer better patient care, due to their ability to offer quick results. The increasing incidence of such diseases will accelerate the microbial identification market at a CAGR of 6.0% during 2016–2022. The market stood at $0.95 billion in 2015 and it is projected to reach $1.4 billion by 2022.
The aforementioned companies provide consumables, services, and instruments and software to government environmental agencies, hospitals, blood banks, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, research laboratories, and food, waters, and beverage manufacturers. These end users mostly use consumables, such as plates and media and reagents and kits, to identify microbes in the subject under consideration. Whereas, instruments and software, such as automated microbial identification systems, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), mass spectrometers, high-power microscopes, microarrays, polystainers, and flow cytometers, will be adopted at the highest rate, in the coming years.
According to P&S Intelligence, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) microbial identification market will advance at the highest rate in the coming years, globally, due to the surging use of microbial identification products in Japan, India, and China. These products are widely adopted in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, blood banks, and research institutes of the region. Among APAC nations, Japan is expected to consume the highest volume of such products in the coming years.
Thus, the surging concerns regarding food safety and the increasing incidence of infectious diseases will augment the usage of microbial identification products in the coming years.