India, Aug. 27 -- Three months every year, July-August-September, is when the monsoon season across India becomes a hotbed for waterborne and food-borne diseases as well as other fungal and skin infections. High humidity, water logging and flooding, breeding of insects, and unsafe or exposed storage and handling of food can lead to food spoilage and microbial contamination, including hidden allergens that can make people very sick.

The risks become particularly significant across the food and water supply chain, where contamination may not always be visible to the naked eye. This makes reliable testing an important part of food safety, particularly during the monsoon when moisture, contaminated water and poor storage conditions can acce...