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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: Antimicrobial resistance remains high, finds EU report

Bacteria found in humans, animals and food continue to show resistance to widely used antimicrobials, states the latest report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in...

World: FAO says Ebola outbreak puts harvests at risk, sends food prices shooting up

Disruptions in food trade and marketing in the three West African countries most affected by Ebola have made food increasingly expensive and hard to...

Americas: Salmonella ‘microevolves’, find researchers

Research led by Dr Rob Kingsley from the Institute of Food Research (IFR) has shown how Salmonella rapidly 'microevolves' during an epidemic. It highlights how...

Asia Pacific: Chr. Hansen receives Korea’s approval on probiotic health claim

Chr. Hansen’s health claim application related to the probiotic concept Urex, which contains the company’s Probio-Tec strains RC-14 and GR-1, has been reviewed and...

Europe: Chemometric Brain release cloud-based QC system

Chemometric Brain, a cloud-based software solution, has been launched as a unique quality control system based on a near infrared technology (NIR) to guarantee...

Europe: Codex members to meet on decisions

Members of the international food standards-setting body, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, will meet at FAO in Rome this week. They will be making decisions on: -...

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: IFF company’s 90 natural extracts are certified vegan

IFF-LMR, a subsidiary of International Flavors & Fragrances said its 90 natural extracts in its portfolio are certified vegan by the EVE (Expertise Vegan...

Americas: Thermo Scientific releases solutions for quantitative workflows

Thermo Fisher Scientific releases two products for analytical laboratories to obtain high quality data from targeted quantitation applications in the environmental, food safety, pharmaceutical...