North America Food Safety Testing Market Size (2024 - 2029)

North America Food Safety Testing Market Analysis

The North America Food Safety Testing Market size is estimated at USD 6.30 billion in 2024, and is expected to reach USD 8.19 billion by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 5.39% during the forecast period (2024-2029).

The impact of COVID-19 has rippled through the domestic and global food and agriculture industries, causing disruptions on a scale never seen before. Owing to such factors, ensuring food safety and strengthening the resilience of food systems to promote food security for the most vulnerable becomes paramount. Thus, in 2021, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took a new approach to food safety, leveraging technology and other tools to create a safer and more digital, traceable food system.

Over the long term, food safety is a global concern and cannot be ignored by consumers. As a result, regulations mandating food safety tests, for tracing elements and inspecting the microbiological quality, have been implemented at every level of the administrative framework in different countries.

The concerns over bacterial pathogens have prompted companies like Eurofins to expand their chemical and microbiological analysis in the country. The presence of local players has resulted in intense competition, particularly in microbial testing. However, they lack on the infrastructural front for comprehensive microbiological analysis.

North America Food Safety Testing Industry Segmentation

Food safety testing laboratories and food companies constantly conduct food safety tests to ensure that the product is edible using various technologies. The North American food safety testing market is segmented by contaminant type, technology, application, and country. By contaminant type, the market studied is segmented into pathogen testing, pesticide and residue testing, mycotoxin testing, and other contaminant testing. By technology, the market studied is segmented into HPLC-based, LC-MS/MS-based, immunoassay-based, and other technologies. By application, the market is segmented into pet food and animal feed and food segments. Food application is sub-segmented into meat and poultry, dairy, fruits and vegetables, processed food, crops, and other foods. Furthermore, the report considers the market for food safety testing in established and emerging economies, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Rest of North America. For each segment, the market sizing and forecasts have been done on the basis of value (in USD million).