Food Safety
Americas: Menasha’s facilities receive GMP certification
The American Institute of Baking (AIB) International has accredited Menasha’s preprint and packaging facilities located in the US with Good Manufacturing Processes (GMP) audit...
Americas: Sciex releases meat detection system for Halal, Kosher consumers
Sciex unveils a meat species authentication method for Halal food verification, which has been developed using the Sciex Qtrap 6500 Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS)/MS...
Asia Pacific: Blue LEDs could preserve food, finds Singapore university
A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found that blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) have strong antibacterial effect on...
Europe: FSA says restrictions on raw milk should stay
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) Board says the current restrictions on the sale of raw milk should remain in place, following the conclusion of...
Americas: AOAC approves Neogen’s food pathogen test
The AOAC Research Institute has approved Neogen Corporation's rapid and accurate test to definitively detect Listeria monocytogenes deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in food and environmental...
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...
Asia Pacific: SCIEX shares on addressing food safety issues in the dairy industry
Milk is one of the most consumed foods globally, but also a problematic one in terms of food safety.
Its rich-in-protein quality makes it as...
Europe: France donates US$55K for food safety efforts
The government of France is donating €50,000 (US$55,824.75) to the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) to help developing and least-developed countries establish and implement...
Asia Pacific: Neogen acquires Indian food safety company
Neogen Corporation has acquired India’s food testing laboratory Sterling Test House, which will serves as a base for Neogen’s new operations in the country.
Incorporated...
Asia Pacific: Singapore launches Lab-on-Chip application to detect poultry diseases
The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) and Veredus Laboratories have launched VereVet, a portable Lab-on-Chip application that can detect, differentiate and identify...