Vol. 10, Special Issue 10 (2021)

Author(s):
Akashamrut M Patel, Bhavesh H Joshi and Rashmin M Dhingani

Abstract:
Presence of food pathogens in any food can have serious consequences and thus their rapid and accurate detection is of enormous economic importance. Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) is promising for food pathogen detection as it promises rapid detection and quantification and thus reviewed in present study for the same. It was found in review that due to ever decreasing costs of electronics is making handled SERS devices practical and thus filed detection of pathogens using SERS has good future. It was also discovered that SERS has its own set of limitations particularly when it comes to quantification instead of just detection i.e. requirement of bench top equipment in addition to cost and availability of surface enhance Raman active substrates.