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Europe: Most food samples containing pesticide residue are within legal limits, says EFSA

More than 97% of food samples evaluated by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) contain pesticide residue levels that fall within legal limits, with...

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...

Americas: Neogen launches NeoSeek Salmonella serotyping service

Neogen launches its NeoSeek pathogen DNA identification method for Salmonella that can provide genomic-based serotypes (such as Salmonella enterica Enteritidis and Salmonella enterica Heidelberg)...

Africa: Health authority uses green system to pasteurize milk

South Africa's Department of Health has endorsed ongoing studies of the use of SurePure's ultra-violet (UV) photopurification as an alternative to pasteurization for the...

Americas: 3M releases UHT, ESL beverage test kit

3M launches the 3M Microbial Luminescence System UHT Beverage Screen Kit, a rapid test for ultra high temperature (UHT) and extended shelf life (ESL)...

Americas: Frutarom reports high demand for HyperPure ingredients

Frutarom Health BU reports a surge in demand for its EFLA HyperPure Line in the US since the beginning of 2016 due to diminishing...

Americas: 3M releases new test kit for Cronobacter

3M Food Safety is offering the 3M Molecular Detection Assay 2 – Cronobacter that joins four other next generation assays (Salmonella, E. coli O157 , Listeria and Listeria monocytogenes)...

Asia Pacific: Vitafoods Asia exhibitors on SEA market, health & wellness sectors

The seventh edition of Vitafoods Asia will be held in Singapore from September 5 to 6, 2017. With lifestyle trends and changing consumer demand, what...

Europe: Metal detector without ‘product effect’

Mettler-Toledo Safeline launches a metal detector that produces up to 95% less false rejects by combining Multi-Simultaneous Frequency (MSF) and Product Signal Suppression technology....

Asia Pacific: Sri Lanka holds food safety event

The 2nd International Conference on Food Quality, Safety and Security (Food QualSS 2018) was held on October 25-26 2018 at Hotel Taj Samudra Colombo,...