METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING BACTERIA, VIRUS AND TOXIC SUBSTANCE BY IRRADIATION WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inspection device for inspecting food by irradiating the food with an electromagnetic wave with a specific wavelength possessed by the DNA structure of food, modified protein, bacteria or a virus, and an inspection method using it.

SOLUTION: This food inspection device has a variable wavelength electromagnetic wave generating means capable of irradiating food with the electromagnetic wave with a frequency of 0.1-10 THz inherent to the constituent element of the food and a detection means for the electromagnetic wave with the frequency of 0.1-10 THz. At least a part of a food sample processed into a predetermined shape is irradiated with the electromagnetic wave to measure the intensity of the transmitted or reflected electromagnetic wave.

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