Ondine Biomedical Inc. received funding of nearly $735,000 from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) towards development of a food-safe photo disinfection method for Canada's meat packing industry. Ondine will leverage its proven medical photo disinfection technology platform to create a novel, photodynamic disinfection process to destroy pathogens on meat products without causing microbial resistance. The Canadian meat processing industry has an urgent need for the development of technologies to reduce the incidence of food-borne pathogens including bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa.

Eradicating these invasive microbes will help protect the $9.4 billion (2021) Canadian meat export industry, as well enhance as the lives and welfare of Canadian consumers by reducing the incidence of food-borne illnesses.