Some statistics
•2008 = separations market accounted for more 20% of the laboratory
analytical instrumentation demand in the food industry
•Growth driven by LC–MS and GC–MS systems
•U.S. food-safety testing market value
2010 = $3.4 billion
2015 = $4.7 billion in 2015
•Global food safety testing market
$11.4 billion by 2015
SDi’s Market Analysis and Perspective report entitled, The Analytical Cornucopia: The Food, Beverage and Agriculture Market for Analytical Instruments.
Microbiological testing