*3.2.5 Food industry*

In the food industry, computer-aided quality control (CAQC) and quality assurance (CAQA) technologies have significant applications that contribute to ensuring food safety, enhancing product quality, improving production processes, and meeting regulatory requirements. These technologies support the implementation of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) systems, facilitate quality inspection and testing processes, enable supply chain traceability, assist in recipe and formulation management, ensure compliance with food regulations, and support product development and research. By leveraging computer-aided tools, food companies can monitor and mitigate risks, maintain product quality, track and record information throughout the supply chain, optimize production processes, and meet regulatory standards, ultimately delivering safe and high-quality food products to consumers [22, 61–65].
