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Without complex experimental procedures, the system enables fully automated diagnosis with a single button press, and is expected to significantly enhance the level of food safety management. A research team led by Senior Researcher Chanyong Park, Principal Researcher Dongkyu Lee, and Postdoctoral Researcher Changha Woo at the Department of Diagnostic Sensors, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Convergence Research Division, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM)—under the National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST)—has developed a rapid, fully automated, field-deployable integrated system for foodborne pathogen diagnostics. The system integrates food matrix dissociation, nucleic acid pre-treatment, and molecular diagnostics into a single platform, automatically performing the entire workflow—from pathogen separation and nucleic acid purification to amplification and detection—within one device. He added, If deployed in school and industrial catering facilities, food manufacturing sites, and local government food testing centers, the system is expected to play a critical role in preventing foodborne illness incidents in advance and significantly enhancing food safety.""