The status and development of food testing equipment in China

Food safety testing can effectively find potential food safety problems, help relevant agencies to check food safety, help food companies avoid risks, and thus ensure consumer confidence and safe use. Early Sanlu milk powder and waste oil, the recent food safety turmoil in Taiwan, and the Fuxi incident directly promoted the development of the food safety inspection industry. It is estimated that the total capacity of the food inspection market in China should be more than 700 billion, but the current market share is even less than one-tenth, and there is huge room for future development.

According to public data, the potential market for analytical instruments in the field of food safety monitoring in China is over 704 billion yuan, and the annual market capacity of testing consumables exceeds 50 billion yuan. Thanks to the huge market demand, the rapid development of China's rapid food testing equipment industry has become a major highlight of the food safety field. There have been more and more companies involved in the field of food safety testing.

Development status quo: many shortcomings in the exploration phase

The broad market prospects in the field of rapid food safety testing have also attracted large amounts of capital to enter this industry. According to research data, the scale of demand for food safety testing equipment in China reached more than 30 billion yuan in 2013, and the growth rate has been maintained at more than 30% in recent years.

According to news released by various agencies and agencies such as the State Food and Drug Administration, the monitoring of future food contaminants and harmful factors in China will cover all county-level administrative regions, and the number of monitoring outlets will be expanded to 2,870. It is expected that the scale of the food inspection market will be exceeded. 20 billion yuan, with an average annual compound growth rate of more than 50%. With the rapid growth in the demand for rapid food safety testing, the rapid food testing equipment industry has shown mixed growth. Industry statistics show that the accuracy rate of most of the regular fast-track products on the market is about 70%. In addition, the detection capability and scope of most rapid food testing equipments are limited. At the same time, the gap in the accuracy and effectiveness of various types of products is relatively large, and there is often a certain gap between product promotion and product promotion. In addition to the fact that the actual detection effect is difficult to determine, even if the food detection apparatus only integrates four sensors of pH, temperature, oil polarity, and salinity, the use cost is not low.

In the future, the development of China's food safety testing equipment market will show the following trends:

Products will be more efficient, portable, etc.

The implementation of the “Food Safety Law” puts forward higher requirements for food safety standards. The testing items will include: pathogenic microorganisms, pesticide residues, veterinary drug residues, heavy metals, pollutants, and other hazards to human health in food and food-related products. Limitations of substances; the types, scope, and dosage of food additives; nutrient composition requirements for primary and secondary foods for infants and other specific groups; food hygiene requirements; and food quality-related quality requirements.

Food safety issues, as social issues and people's livelihood issues, are increasingly receiving the attention of consumers. The unavoidable reality is that there are still many food additives that are not yet effective and there is no effective detection method to measure them. It also means that the new market has yet to break through. How to improve the technology and make food testing instruments small and refined is a key factor in entering the homes of ordinary people.

Domestic instruments will gradually replace foreign products

At present, foreign-funded enterprises have strong technical strength, mature and stable products, and high brand awareness. However, due to high product prices, maintenance and repair costs are high, and there are not many low-end models available for selection. This poses a great burden on domestic equipment purchasers. Facilitate the improvement of detection methods at domestic institutions. With the strong breakthrough in the market and industrialization of home-made low-end detection instruments, the cost-effective advantage of domestic equipment will inevitably accelerate the multi-level detection needs of the market, and improve the overall level of domestic food safety testing methods.

Corporate asset restructuring and mergers accelerated

With the accelerating localization of foreign-funded enterprises, some small companies that rely on price advantages are seriously threatened. Only through the reorganization of assets across regions, departments, and industries can the company become a flagship enterprise, and it can be invincible in the competition. . China has a large number of food safety equipment manufacturers, but it is large but not strong. According to the laws of market economy, it is an inevitable trend that the process of merger and reorganization of corporate merger assets is accelerating.