FRESH@NTU awarded grant from Amazon Web Services for Food Safety Innovation

The Future Ready Food Safety Hub (FRESH), a national initiative led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), in collaboration with the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), has received funding from Amazon Web Services (AWS) as part of its Cloud to Table (CTT) initiative. 

CTT supports non-profit and for-profit organizations working at the intersection of the global food system and cloud technology; in service of addressing food insecurity worldwide. 

With the CTT award, FRESH will develop cloud-based digital infrastructure for food safety. This includes applying artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics to study emerging risks in novel and functional foods such as cultivated meat, precision-fermented ingredients, and plant-based alternatives. The funding supports FRESH’s ongoing efforts to apply science and technology in support of resilient and trusted food systems. 

“Receiving the AWS Cloud to Table Award enables us to accelerate our work on data-informed food safety innovation,” said a FRESH spokesperson. “By building on AWS, we aim to create scalable research tools that can support public health, enable scientific evaluation of novel foods, and contribute to global knowledge exchange.”