Author(s): Anurag Shrivastava and Mayank Narayan Dhakate

Abstract: Preserving fruits and vegetables in bulk amount during storage and transportation has become major challenges now days in food industries. The industries purchases fruits and vegetables in bulk amount for cost effectiveness. There are various parameters like temperature, microbes, and humidity that may have big impact on how quickly things decompose. The bacteria doubles in number in just twenty minutes if not kept in certain conditions. Therefore regular monitoring of health conditions of foods are required. In this study, we devised a straightforward and reasonably priced micro-system to assess if food is rotting by observing the gases that food releases. The fruits are monitored using a methane gas sensor to sense the release of methane gas from the fruits and vegetables. This project makes use of a detection system powered by microcontroller that can be implemented on food storage unit for continuous monitoring the quality of foods and preventing it from decaying

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