Americas: Genetic ID, Cert ID offer gluten-free verification program
Genetic ID NA and CERT ID have added gluten-free verification services to their portfolio of food safety and food quality testing and certification services....
Europe: Kerry Group achieves certification of milk suppliers
Kerry has become the first major milk processor to achieve 100% certification of its milk suppliers in Ireland under the Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme.
Kerry...
Americas: Baker Perkins’ founders honored by society
Joseph Baker and Jacob Perkins, founders of the companies that eventually became Baker Perkins, are to be inducted into the Baking Hall of Fame...
Asia Pacific: Waters Corp opens research center in Singapore
Waters Corporation has opened the International Food and Water Research Centre (IFWRC) in Singapore to address the growing challenges of food and water security...
Americas: NSF International expands reach into EMEA
NSF International is acquiring Euro Consultants Group (ECG), a food safety and quality service company based in Wavre, Belgium.
ECG serves the markets in Europe,...
Europe: Sidel certified for being energy efficient
TÜV SÜD has awarded Sidel a certification for the energy consumption efficiency of the Sidel Matrix blower.
It provides objective validation of the blower’s performance...
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...
Europe: IDF publishes update on dairy terms guidance
The International Dairy Federation (IDF) has published an update to its Bulletin on the Codex General Standard for the Use of Dairy Terms, also...
Europe: SGS accredited for BRC Agents & Brokers Standard
SGS is now an accredited Certification Body for the BRC Agents & Brokers Standard with trained auditors all regions of the world.
Published in 2014,...
Americas: Corbion’s polymer additives get Halal, Kosher certification
Corbion has been awarded halal and kosher certification for variants of its Pationic polymer additives product line.
Part of an extensive range, the portfolio...