Is AI the Silver Bullet to Eliminate Food Contamination and Enhance Food Safety Culture

In 2025, the concern for food safety has never been as great with over 600,000 cases of food contamination worldwide and just under half a million deaths per year. Such cases are not confident to developing countries, as evidenced in recent news stories emanating from China, Ukraine and the USA. The question is will the advances in AI in terms of the Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain and genomics enhance organisational supply chain management, quality assurance systems, non-compliance detection, consumer safety and food safety cultural. The paper deep dives into the current causes of product contaminations and recalls such as, rising costs, mislabeling, untrained staff and malicious damage. The corollary imposes significant cost to organisation’s in terms of reparational damage, operational disruptions, employee morale, and retention and in overhauling current processes. Leading to the question ‘Is AI the Silver Bullet to Eliminate Food Contamination and Enhance Food Safety Culture’.