USDA explores whether drones can be used to test for E. coli in irrigation ponds
Story Date: 1/21/2019

 

Source: Phil Goldstein, FED TECH MAGAZINE, 1/15/19


Phil Goldstein is a web editor for FedTech and StateTech. Besides keeping up with the latest in technology trends, he is also an avid lover of the New York Yankees, poetry, photography, traveling and escaping humidity. When the new Food Safety Modernization Act became law in 2011, it required farmers to test for E. coli and other bacteria. However, the law does not give them any direction on how to do so. The Agriculture Department is searching for ways that technology can help.
Drones help federal agencies with a variety of missions, including in disaster response and public safety.

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