Authority & Legal
Europe: Corbion Purac receives patent for sugar coating technology
Corbion Purac has received a European patent for its coating technology for acid powders, applied in acid-sanded sugar confectionery.
Based on this technology, the company...
Europe: UK, FAO to collaborate freely on food initiatives
The Department for International Development of the United Kingdom (DfID) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have signed an...
Asia Pacific: North Korea’s food production falls, finds FAO
North Korea's total food production - including cereals, soybeans and potatoes in cereal equivalent - is estimated to have fallen in 2015, the...
Asia Pacific: Tuv Sud extends food safety services in India
The International Accreditation Service has accredited Tuv Sud's food testing lab in Vizag for a period of three years.
Consequently, food products testing in the...
Americas: Few consumers are aware of GMO law
Consumers in the US are now more informed about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the benefits of their use in producing food, but many...
Europe: Finland validates DSM’s antibiotic residue test for milk
A report by Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira has validated DSM Food Specialties’ Delvotest T antibiotic residue test for milk.
Based on tests in the...
Asia Pacific: On building a safe, interfloor, automated conveying system
Consoveyo Singapore (Consoveyo), part of Germany-based Körber Logistics Systems, has implemented a new turnkey interfloor conveyor system at JTC Food Hub@Senoko, for JTC Corporation...
Americas: Ganedean Biotech receives US patent on use of probiotic in coffee, tea, cereal
Ganeden Biotech has received a US patent that covers the use of all Bacillus coagulans, including GanedenBC30, in all coffee, tea and cereal.
The company...
Asia Pacific: India forms committee to strengthen supply chain of food grains
The Food Corporation of India (FCI) will invite suggestions from the public and stake-holders on restructuring its key functions with a view to further...
Europe: BPA exposure poses no health risks, finds EFSA
Bisphenol A (BPA) exposure poses no health risk to consumers of any age group (including unborn children, infants and adolescents) at current exposure levels,...