Food Safety
Americas: Ajinomoto Windsor voluntarily recalls frozen food
Ajinomoto Windsor has voluntarily recalled various not-ready-to eat frozen food items due to the potential for these products to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
This...
Europe: Bizerba releases x-ray food inspection system
Bizerba introduces the fully automatic XRE_2 130/240 x-ray system designed for food-package inspection.
Besides foreign metal and glass objects, the system detects some plastic...
Americas: 3M solution found to be fast in testing for Salmonella
3M Food Safety today announced the results of a scientific study conducted by a third party ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory.
Cost and time associated...
Europe: Campylobacter to blame for most foodborne infections in Denmark
Campylobacter is to blame for more than 4,600 foodborne infections in Denmark.
It remains the most common cause of foodborne disease, according to the annual...
Americas: Building food safety harmony in Canada
The US is not the only country in North America that pushing forward with major food safety regulations.
Canada, its northern neighbor, has been upping...
Americas: USFDA rolls out plan to protect babies and young children from toxins in...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has released a new action plan, Closer to Zero, that is aimed at reducing exposure to...
Americas: Neogen introduces NeoFilm for simple microbial tests
Neogen Corporation has introduced a "clearly better" test system for microbial counts.
The new NeoFilm microbial tests require the inoculation of a fabric sample pad...
Europe: New methods can help overcome shortcomings using culture-based methods to test pork for...
In a PhD project at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, researchers studied new methods of characterizing and detecting foodborne illness-causing Salmonella...
Europe: IP, compliance important in natural ingredients, Frutarom tells FNI
Frutarom Switzerland Ltd. Health Business Unit has named Dr Matthias H. Kreuter as its new global chief scientific officer (CSO) from January 1, 2015.
Dr...
Europe: Food bacteria show resistance to antimicrobial drugs, finds EFSA-ECDC report
Treatment options for some of the most common food-borne infections are decreasing, as types of bacteria (called ‘isolates’) continue to show resistance to antimicrobial...