Detection of Adulteration in Infant Formula Based on Ensemble Convolutional Neural Network and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Advanced detection tools in food fraud: A systematic review for holistic and rational detection method based on research and patents

Modern food chain supply management necessitates the dire need for mitigating food fraud and adulterations. This holistic review addresses different advanced detection technologies coupled with chemometrics to identify various types of adulterated foods. The data on research, patent and systematic review analyses (2018-2023) revealed both destructive and non-destructive methods to demarcate a rational approach for food fraud detection in various countries. These intricate hygiene standards and AI-based technology are also summarized for further prospective research. Chemometrics or AI-based techniques for extensive food fraud detection are demanded. A systematic assessment reveals that various methods to detect food fraud involving multiple substances need to be simple, expeditious, precise, cost-effective, eco-friendly and non-intrusive. The scrutiny resulted in 39 relevant experimental data sets answering key questions. However, additional research is necessitated for an affirmative conclusion in food fraud detection system with modern AI and machine learning approaches.

Miniaturized Near-Infrared spectrophotometers in forensic analytical science - a critical review

The advent of miniaturized NIR instruments, also known as compact, portable, or handheld, is revolutionizing how technology can be employed in forensics. In-field analysis becomes feasible and affordable with these new instruments, and a series of methods has been developed to provide the police and official agents with objective, easy-to-use, tailored, and accurate qualitative and quantitative forensic results. This work discusses the main aspects and presents a comprehensive and critical review of compact NIR spectrophotometers associated with analytical protocols to produce information on forensic matters.

Frontiers of machine learning in smart food safety

Integration of machine learning (ML) technologies into the realm of smart food safety represents a rapidly evolving field with significant potential to transform the management and assurance of food quality and safety. This chapter will discuss the capabilities of ML across different segments of the food supply chain, encompassing pre-harvest agricultural activities to post-harvest processes and delivery to the consumers. Three specific examples of applying cutting-edge ML to advance food science are detailed in this chapter, including its use to improve beer flavor, using natural language processing to predict food safety incidents, and leveraging social media to detect foodborne disease outbreaks. Despite advances in both theory and practice, application of ML to smart food safety still suffers from issues such as data availability, model reliability, and transparency. Solving these problems can help realize the full potential of ML in food safety. Development of ML in smart food safety is also driven by social and industry impacts. The improvement and implementation of legal policies brings both opportunities and challenges. The future of smart food safety lies in the strategic implementation of ML technologies, navigating social and industry impacts, and adapting to regulatory changes in the AI era.

Exploring Deep Learning to Predict Coconut Milk Adulteration Using FT-NIR and Micro-NIR Spectroscopy

Accurately identifying adulterants in agriculture and food products is associated with preventing food safety and commercial fraud activities. However, a rapid, accurate, and robust prediction model for adulteration detection is hard to achieve in practice. Therefore, this study aimed to explore deep-learning algorithms as an approach to accurately identify the level of adulterated coconut milk using two types of NIR spectrophotometer, including benchtop FT-NIR and portable Micro-NIR. Coconut milk adulteration samples came from deliberate adulteration with corn flour and tapioca starch in the 1 to 50% range. A total of four types of deep-learning algorithm architecture that were self-modified to a one-dimensional framework were developed and tested to the NIR dataset, including simple CNN, S-AlexNET, ResNET, and GoogleNET. The results confirmed the feasibility of deep-learning algorithms for predicting the degree of coconut milk adulteration by corn flour and tapioca starch using NIR spectra with reliable performance (R2 of 0.886-0.999, RMSE of 0.370-6.108%, and Bias of -0.176-1.481). Furthermore, the ratio of percent deviation (RPD) of all algorithms with all types of NIR spectrophotometers indicates an excellent capability for quantitative predictions for any application (RPD > 8.1) except for case predicting tapioca starch, using FT-NIR by ResNET (RPD < 3.0). This study demonstrated the feasibility of using deep-learning algorithms and NIR spectral data as a rapid, accurate, robust, and non-destructive way to evaluate coconut milk adulterants. Last but not least, Micro-NIR is more promising than FT-NIR in predicting coconut milk adulteration from solid adulterants, and it is portable for in situ measurements in the future.

EL V.2 Model for Predicting Food Safety Risks at Taiwan Border Using the Voting-Based Ensemble Method

Border management serves as a crucial control checkpoint for governments to regulate the quality and safety of imported food. In 2020, the first-generation ensemble learning prediction model (EL V.1) was introduced to Taiwan's border food management. This model primarily assesses the risk of imported food by combining five algorithms to determine whether quality sampling should be performed on imported food at the border. In this study, a second-generation ensemble learning prediction model (EL V.2) was developed based on seven algorithms to enhance the "detection rate of unqualified cases" and improve the robustness of the model. In this study, Elastic Net was used to select the characteristic risk factors. Two algorithms were used to construct the new model: The Bagging-Gradient Boosting Machine and Bagging-Elastic Net. In addition, F_β was used to flexibly control the sampling rate, improving the predictive performance and robustness of the model. The chi-square test was employed to compare the efficacy of "pre-launch (2019) random sampling inspection" and "post-launch (2020-2022) model prediction sampling inspection". For cases recommended for inspection by the ensemble learning model and subsequently inspected, the unqualified rates were 5.10%, 6.36%, and 4.39% in 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively, which were significantly higher (p < 0.001) compared with the random sampling rate of 2.09% in 2019. The prediction indices established by the confusion matrix were used to further evaluate the prediction effects of EL V.1 and EL V.2, and the EL V.2 model exhibited superior predictive performance compared with EL V.1, and both models outperformed random sampling.

Weight interpretation of artificial neural network model for analysis of rice (Oryza sativa L.) with near-infrared spectroscopy

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ANN model was build based on NIR spectra and nutrient values of 110 rice samples.

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Good correlation between ANN predicted and experimental nutrient values observed.

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Scientific interpretation of weights agreed well with previously reported results.

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Interpretation of weights was also in good agreement with conventional PLS analysis.

Prediction models for major nutrients of rice were built using near-infrared (NIR) spectral data based on the artificial neural network (ANN). Scientific interpretation of the weight values was proposed and performed to understand the wavenumbers contributing to the prediction of nutrients. NIR spectra were acquired from 110 rice samples. Carbohydrate and moisture contents were predicted with values for the determination coefficient, relative root mean square error, range error ratio, and residual prediction deviation of 0.98, 0.11 %, 44, and 7.3, and 0.97, 0.80 %, 27, and 5.8, respectively. The results agreed well with ones reported in the previous studies and acquired by the conventional partial least squares (PLS)-variable importance in projection method. This study demonstrates that the combination of NIR and ANN is a powerful and accurate tool to monitor nutrients of rice and scientific interpretation of weights can be performed to overcome black box nature of the ANN.

Prediction of Metabolic Characteristics of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases Based on Convolutional Neural Network

As a typical disease, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases cause great damage to the human body. In view of the problem that the existing models failed to describe and represent the characteristics of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular indicators, convolution neural network was used to analyze the metabolic factors of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular. Based on convolutional neural network theory, feature extraction was carried out on the relevant parameters of the model, and the change trend of different cardiovascular and cerebrovascular indicators was studied by model optimization, theoretical analysis, and experimental verification. Relevant studies show that the value of neurons increases slowly at first and then rapidly with the increase of bias term $b$ . And with the increase of computing time, the corresponding nonlinear characteristics are gradually reflected; so, the influence of computing time on neuron results should be considered when selecting bias term $b$ . The gradient changes under different functions have typical symmetry, which indicates that the effects of functions on model parameters have certain cyclic characteristics. Among them, ReLU function has the largest variation range, tanh function has a relatively small curve variation range, and sigmoid function has the smallest variation range. Five indicators are selected to describe the metabolic characteristics of the disease through characteristic analysis of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. The onset signs have the greatest impact on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, while the corresponding metabolic characteristics have the least impact on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. The study showed that the influence of different indicators on the model had typical stage characteristics, and relevant data were used to verify the accuracy of the model. Finally, the optimization model based on convolutional neural network was used to predict the metabolic characteristics of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Relevant studies show that the optimization model can better analyze the metabolic characteristics of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. This research can provide theoretical support for the application of convolutional neural networks in other fields.

Convolutional Neural Network for Object Detection in Garlic Root Cutting Equipment

Traditional manual garlic root cutting is inefficient and can cause food safety problems. To develop food processing equipment, a novel and accurate object detection method for garlic using deep learning—a convolutional neural network—is proposed in this study. The you-only-look-once (YOLO) algorithm, which is based on lightweight and transfer learning, is the most advanced computer vision method for single large object detection. To detect the bulb, the YOLOv2 model was modified using an inverted residual module and residual structure. The modified model was trained based on images of bulbs with varied brightness, surface attachment, and shape, which enabled sufficient learning of the detector. The optimum minibatches and epochs were obtained by comparing the test results of different training parameters. Research shows that IRM-YOLOv2 is superior to the SqueezeNet, ShuffleNet, and YOLOv2 models of classical neural networks, as well as the YOLOv3 and YOLOv4 algorithm models. The confidence score, average accuracy, deviation, standard deviation, detection time, and storage space of IRM-YOLOv2 were 0.98228, 99.2%, 2.819 pixels, 4.153, 0.0356 s, and 24.2 MB, respectively. In addition, this study provides an important reference for the application of the YOLO algorithm in food research.

Detection of Adulteration in Food Using Recurrent Neural Network with Internet of Things

Food is an essential need for human survival. Throughout history, food has been recognised as a crucial need for people in order to maintain good health as well as to treat illness. As with all living things, it is one of the most basic necessities that man has as well as those of all other living creatures. In a recent publication, it was said that an extremely affordable, robust, and biocompatible impedance sensor that serves as a fractional-order element has been created and may be used to distinguish milk and tainted milk. A complete study on milk adulteration includes more than 160 academic articles on the topic. A comprehensive study on milk adulteration is available online. Specifically, the goal of this research is to discover various types of milk adulterants, different approaches for detecting each kind of adulterant, as well as the health hazards associated with milk product adulteration. In the proposed project, the fractional-order element would be investigated for its potential use in the detection of milk adulteration. With this fractional-order element-based impedance sensor, you can distinguish between different types of contaminated milk and different types of faking it, which is quite useful in the detection and differentiation of fake and real milk. According to the researchers, they have created a low-cost, user-friendly instrumentation system for detecting milk adulteration. They hope to commercialise it soon. An automated sensing system for the detection of synthetic milk, based on a microcontroller, has been created in order to reduce the reliance on specialised labour and to improve efficiency. In order to model the sensor, the dipole layer capacitance at the interface of the impedance sensor immersed in milk and the contaminated milk must be taken into account throughout the modelling process. In this study, an electrical equivalent circuit is built, and the correctness of the circuit is shown by both theoretical and experimental investigation. The detection of milk adulteration is classified with the use of Recurrent Neural Networks, and the status is updated in the cloud server with the help of the Internet of Things and Recurrent Neural Networks. It is estimated that the proposed work will have an accuracy rate of 92.31 percent, a sensitivity rate of 75.23 percent, and a specificity rate of 90.12 percent, all of which are higher than the present rate.