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Next Generation Sequencing in Food Production

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Within these years, we spend hundreds of Rupees to buy a box of Cookies, rather than making from scratch. In fact, it’s not just cookies but also, many other foods, like cakes, breads and fruit buns (you name it), are produced from food industries. Although it's quite durable to get foods and refreshment in no time but about its safety, can we guarantee it? About a year or two, two kids died from food poisoning, after hours of ingesting newly prepared snacks, in Karachi. Again, it happened a few months back, when two kids died from food poisoning from a dish in a restaurant. Speaking of food, something edible that starts with farm and ends on our plate. To get deeper, raw materials are harvested, stored, transported, processed, packed, distributed, sold to consumers, prepared and there we have, food ready to dive in. With a long journey of how food comes in our bowl, it’s better to be safe, such that it doesn’t cause us any harm. For such precautions, the quality control depar...