Conclusions
Thermal imaging is an emerging tool for food quality and safety assessment in the food industry. Research to date shows that opportunities exist for its potential application in food quality and safety control. Many of the applications of thermal imaging discussed are still at the experimental stages; further research should be focused on facilitating the industrial adoption of this technique.Modern TI is a rapid, non-invasive, non-emitting technique and with improving technology is becoming more reliable,user-friendly, accurate and cost effective. Given these attributes and the potential applications discussed, increased adoption of this technology by the food industry for improved efficiency is likely