Food Safety
Americas: NSF International releases guide on water filers
NSF International has published a consumer guide to water filters that it has tested and certified to reduce lead in drinking water.
The guide also...
Europe: FAO, WTO to cooperate more for international food trade
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) has agreed to strengthen their cooperation to promote international food trade and safety...
Americas: Tamper Alert for packaging
Chromatic Technologies Inc. (CTI) introduces the Tamper Alert, a new irreversible, heat-activated ink technology to identify tamper evidence in labels and packaging for chemicals,...
Europe: Perstorp’s bioplastics gets food contact approval
Perstorp has acquired food contact use approval for its Capa for bioplastics product grades 6500D and the new 6800D.
The Capa 6800D for bioplastics extends...
Americas: USDA’s food safety measures for poultry
The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced the finalization of new federal standards to reduce Salmonella and...
Americas: 915 Labs releases microwave system for food packaging
915 Labs' new Microwave Assisted Thermal Sterilization system, or MATST, to help meet the growing consumer demand for high-quality, natural and additive-free packaged food.
The...
Americas: Neogen adds six tests to portfolio on drug residue detection in food
Neogen Corporation rolls out six tests to detect veterinary drug residues in food, which adds to four others introduced recently.
The six new tests are...
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...
Europe: EFSA report finds dip in drug residues in food
Recent data on veterinary drug residues in animals and food shows 730,000 samples were reported in 2014 – a drop from the 1 million...
Americas: RGF upgrades food safety system
RGF Environmental Group continues to add upgrades and customers for its patented photohydroionization (PHI) Food Surface Sanitation Tunnel Treatment System for processors.
First introduced in...