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Asia Pacific: Organisations to promote Certified Food Scientist certification to professionals in Australia
The Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST) and the Institute of Food Technologists say AIFST will endorse and promote the Certified Food...
Asia Pacific: FSANZ calls for comments on gluten free claims on alcohol products
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has called for submissions on a proposal aimed at ensuring gluten free claims can continue to be made...
Asia Pacific: Intertek to present food audits, certification at GFSI event in Malaysia
Intertek, the global testing, auditing and certification organization, will be speaking at the Global Food Safety Conference (GFSI), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from March...
World: Henkel to hold webinar on food safety this month
Henkel will be holding a webinar on the topic Ways to improve Food Safety on April 24, 2015 at 09:00 AM CEST and at...
Americas: Intertek accredited for flexible plastic film packaging tests
Intertek has received IEC/ISO 17025:2005 accreditation for the film and packaging industry from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA).
The accreditation complements Intertek’s existing...
Europe: Sweden donates SEK40M to WTO facility on food safety, standards
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency is contributing SEK 40 million (US$0.33 million) to the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) over the next...
Americas: 3M’s method receives validation
3M's molecular detection assay for Listeria monocytogenes has received validation with AOAC PTM status.
This means that 3M's the next generation test kit is now...
Europe: Campden BRI offers paper on sous vide processing
Campden BRI has provided a paper entitled The microbiological safety of sous-vide processing (Guideline 75) that provides guidance to sous-vide processing with particular emphasis on...
Europe: Denmark participates in finding global burden of foodborne disease
Every year one in 10 people around the world gets sick from food they eat and 420,000 died as a result, according to a...
Americas: Ashland releases food packaging coating with matte finish
Ashland has developed Purekote 23589, a coating that can be used safely in food packaging applications regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The...