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CheckPack-project in the news

CheckPack is a Flemish Strategic Basic Research project that is funded by IWT, a Flemish government agency for Innovation by Science and Technology. The aim of CheckPack is the development of an optical sensor that can be integrated in food packaging to detect spoilage of food products (through volatile compounds concentrations) and check food packaging integrity (through CO2 and O2 concentrations). 

The project has drawn a lot of attention from the Belgian media:

Website CheckPack: www.checkpack.ugent.be