Food Safety
Americas: Rapid, low-temperature process prolongs milk’s shelf life
A rapid heating and cooling of milk significantly reduces the amount of harmful bacteria present, extending by several weeks the shelf life of one...
Europe: 4 universities open center on food safety
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark has partnered with three institutions to advance global food safety and tackle challenges such as antimicrobial...
Europe: Thermo Fisher Scientific joins project on food safety
Thermo Fisher Scientific joins the INTELLItrace Work Package (WP) 18, part of the European Food Integrity Project aimed at developing a validation of untargeted...
Americas: Tamper Alert for packaging
Chromatic Technologies Inc. (CTI) introduces the Tamper Alert, a new irreversible, heat-activated ink technology to identify tamper evidence in labels and packaging for chemicals,...
Americas: 3M system gets AOAC PTM certification
The 3M Clean-Trace Hygiene Monitoring and Management System for testing food or beverage manufacturing surfaces, has received AOAC Performance Tested Method (PTM) Certificate No....
Americas: CDC reports findings on antibiotic resistance in foodborne germs
Antibiotic resistance in foodborne germs, an ongoing public health threat, showed both positive and troubling trends, according to data tracked by the Centers for...
Europe: FSA advises children against drinking raw milk
In the light of three separate incidents involving six cases of E.coli O157, including five cases in children, potentially linked to the consumption of...
Americas: ChromaDex Corp to verify BPI Sports protein products
Sports nutrition supplier BPI Sports has contracted ChromaDex Corp for third-party verification of its protein products.
Going forward, the ChromaDex Quality Verified Seal will be...
Europe: New autoclave ensures food, operator safety, says Priorclave
Priorclave's new QCS H150 front-loading autoclave has a stainless steel, 500mm diameter sterilizing chamber accessed via a wide door opening that allows easy loading...
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...