Food Safety
Asia Pacific: SCIEX shares ways to authenticate halal meat
The accidental or purposeful blending of meat from different species is a highly relevant subject for food product quality control, especially for consumers with...
Europe: Institutions release complimentary online course on food fraud
The Institute of Food Research’s Food Safety Centre and the University of East Anglia (UEA) have developed a complimentary online course via their partner,...
Europe: UK Council announces food safety qualifications
The British Safety Council rolls out new regulated food safety qualifications that enable workers, supervisors and managers in the catering, food retail and food...
Europe: Priorclave displays steam sterilizer at show
British laboratory autoclave manufacturer Priorclave will display the QCS EH100 steam sterilizer at Medica from November 16 to 19, 2015 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
The 100...
Americas: Moisture/Solids analyzer offers results in 60 seconds
Supplier of process control solutions CEM Corporation releases its SMART 6 Moisture/Solids Analyzer.
The unit has two major innovations compared to CEM's previous...
Europe: Cargill to use SonoSteam process to reduce Campylobacter levels in plant
Cargill will introduce the SonoSteam process at its Hereford primary chicken processing plant in the UK, as part of its farm-to-fork action plan to...
Europe: TÜV SÜD offers webinar series on safe packaging
TÜV SÜD is beginning a webinar series <www.tuv-sud.com/foodwebinar> that addresses food safety for the industry.
The first session entitled 'How safe is your food packaging?...
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...
Americas: FDA clears Innate potato varieties for consumption
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finds the first generation of Innate potato varieties is as safe and nutritious as conventional potatoes.
The J....
Europe: Denmark regulates fluorinated substances levels in food packaging
The Danish food authorities have introduced a guidance value on fluorinated substances in food packaging to reduce the use of these substances, which can...