Food suppliers and restaurants cannot prevent or quickly identify contaminated produce before it reaches consumers

Food service companies and suppliers face massive liability, brand damage, and customer health crises when contaminated produce (like cyclospora-infected lettuce) makes it through their supply chain undetected. Current testing and traceability systems are too slow and fragmented, leaving restaurants like Taco Bell publicly blamed and facing lawsuits after outbreaks occur. The problem is that contamination is discovered only after customers get sick, not before products are served.