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Regulatory updates on food trade and commercial breakthroughs on product safety.
Europe: Henkel releases documents for compliance work
Henkel releases Food Contact Statements (FCS) for its adhesive solutions, offering detailed information on the results of Henkel’s thorough risk assessment in Europe.
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Europe: EFSA shares finding on isoflavones, post-menopausal women study
A comprehensive review of the available scientific evidence has revealed no indication that isoflavones at levels typically found in food supplements cause harm to...
Europe: FAO, OIE warn of new avian flu strain
A new bird flu strain detected in Europe which is similar to strains reported to be circulating in 2014 in Asia poses a significant...
Americas: FDA wishes for reduced sodium levels in processed, prepared food
The US Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance for public comment that provides practical, voluntary sodium reduction targets for the food industry.
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Asia Pacific: Scientists find way to prevent frankfurter fraud
Scientists have devised a method that could help prevent frankfurter fraud, which is especially important for those who can't eat certain types of meats....
Europe: Methods to test chlorine in fresh produce
When processing fresh-cut produce like lettuce, disinfection is often carried out by adding free chlorine, in the form of hypochlorite, to the wash water.
Many...
Americas: Sciex releases meat detection system for Halal, Kosher consumers
Sciex unveils a meat species authentication method for Halal food verification, which has been developed using the Sciex Qtrap 6500 Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS)/MS...
Americas: Sealed Air joins Alliance to End Plastic Waste
Sealed Air Corporation has joined the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, a new global organization comprised nearly 30 companies to date making a five-year...
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...
Asia Pacific: Singapore launches Lab-on-Chip application to detect poultry diseases
The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) and Veredus Laboratories have launched VereVet, a portable Lab-on-Chip application that can detect, differentiate and identify...