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Europe: FSA advises children against drinking raw milk

In the light of three separate incidents involving six cases of E.coli O157, including five cases in children, potentially linked to the consumption of...

World: Mérieux NutriSciences Corporation acquires food testing laboratory in Turkey

Mérieux NutriSciences Corporation acquires Kalite Sistem Laboratories Group (KSL), a food testing laboratory in Turkey. With this acquisition, Mérieux NutriSciences expands their scientific services in...

Americas: NSF International releases standard to test for safe drinking water at home

NSF International has developed a standard that tests the ability of home water treatment devices to reduce certain emerging contaminants in drinking water. The standard,...

Europe: German company, hospital to develop human-milk-oligosaccharides to prevent Norovirus

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research in Germany will support the development of human-milk-oligosaccharides by Jennewein Biotechnologie for the prevention of Norovirus within...

Asia Pacific: AB Sciex wins award for product innovation from market research firm

AB Sciex has received the 2014 Asia Pacific Mass Spectrometry New Product Innovation Award by Frost & Sullivan, which the latter tracks more than...

Europe: Henkel’s webinar presenter shares on mineral oils in packaging

Henkel will be broadcasting a webinar on December 5, 2014 entitled ‘Everything you need to know about mineral oil components in food packaging adhesives’...

Asia Pacific: Invisible Sentinel appoints New Zealand distributor for assays to detect food pathogens

Invisible Sentinel says its Veriflow assays will be distributed in New Zealand by New Zealand Medical and Scientific Ltd (NZMS). Based in Auckland, NZMS sells...

Americas: Detect Listeria monocytogenes quickly, accurately, 3M Food Safety tells FNI

3M Food Safety’s 3M Molecular Detection Assay Listeria monocytogenes has been approved by the AOAC Performance Tested Methods (PTM) program. The approval certifies that the test...

Europe: International standards for the use of antimicrobials in food production needed to avoid...

Significantly fewer resistant extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) bacteria were found in Danish broiler meat in 2013 compared with the year before. However, the occurrence of...

Americas: 3M Food Safety’s product receives approval for detecting Listeria monocytogenes

3M Food Safety's 3M Molecular Detection Assay Listeria monocytogenes has been approved by the AOAC Performance Tested Methods (PTM) program. The approval certifies that the...