Elektron Technology Share News (EKT)

LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares in Elektron Technology PLC were up on Tuesday as the company said the UK Food Standards Agency carried out a successful trial using its Checkit digital platform.

Elektron shares were trading at 29.38 pence each on Tuesday, up 6.9%.

The FSA, alongside Cambridge-based Checkit and Cambridge City Council, carried out a three-month trial in five businesses which replaced paper-based food safety management with Checkit.

The study, Elektron said, "demonstrated the value" of digital systems for food business as an alternative to paper, and further research has been recommended to test this approach in a wider range of businesses.

The trial was undertaken as part of the FSA's regulating our future programme.

"This was a valuable study that was designed to see whether accessing data remotely from a food business could make inspections by local authorities more efficient and more effective," director of the programme Nina Purcell said.

"The businesses involved liked this type of technology and found it more efficient than the current paper-based system. Our colleagues at Cambridge City Council found that having the data was useful as it helped them form a view of how well the business was managed and keep a better track on businesses between inspections. We are currently redesigning the whole system for regulating food businesses and we envisage new technology as being integral to that new model," Purcell added.