MÉRIEUX NUTRISCIENCES
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n a digital age saturated with data and information, transparency has emerged as the must-have ingredient for any successful consumer goods company. Whether its contaminants, pathogens, insecticides or pesticides, consumers are increasingly questioning what is in their food and consumer products. This is where Mérieux NutriSciences fills a critical gap in the market. As part of Institut Mérieux, one core mission drives operations at Mérieux NutriSciences – the desire to protect consumers’ health across the globe. To this end, the US-based company delivers a wide range of food safety and quality services to the food and nutrition, agrochemicals, pharma, and cosmetics industries. Responding to transparency and globalisation As companies are compelled to work towards a more globalised and transparent future, Agnès Houpiart-Dupré, Vice President Digital Solutions, says that digitisation is helping Mérieux NutriSciences usher in a new era in the food
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“With social media, any event, especially negative ones, can spread quickly. Yesterday it might be a local issue but tomorrow it will be global” – Agnès Houpiart-Dupré, Vice President Digital Solutions
testing and consulting sector. “I would say investing in technology and digitisation is even more important than ever,” says Houpiart-Dupré. “With social media, any event, especially negative ones, can spread quickly. Yesterday it might have been a local issue but tomorrow it will be global.