Food Safety
Europe: Researchers find seaweed specie a viable food preservative
Bladderwrack seaweed from Danish waters contains antioxidants, which can effectively prevent fatty acids from becoming rancid in a number of products.
This is the...
Americas: More consumers feel unsafe over prepared food in supermarkets, finds analysts
With the rise of the grocerant — supermarkets that offer prepared, restaurant-style foods — comes consumer concerns regarding food safety.
Although the majority...
Europe: DNA shows food labeling accuracy
Mapping a food’s DNA could in the future be used as a tool to check that the product contains the ingredients stated on the...
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: Peanut allergy prevention strategy is nutritionally safe, states study
Introducing peanut-containing foods during infancy as a peanut allergy prevention strategy does not compromise the duration of breastfeeding or affect children’s growth and nutritional...
Asia Pacific: Scientists in Singapore invent material that kills E Coli in 30 seconds
Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of A*STAR have developed a new material that can kill the E. coli bacteria within...
Americas: Salmonella ‘microevolves’, find researchers
Research led by Dr Rob Kingsley from the Institute of Food Research (IFR) has shown how Salmonella rapidly 'microevolves' during an epidemic.
It highlights how...
Europe: Determining inorganic arsenic levels in food
A new European standard method to determine the content of inorganic arsenic in foodstuffs has been developed at the National Food Institute, Technical University...
Europe: Henkel shares insights to preventing forming primary aromatic amine in packaging
Food safety has been very high on the agenda of the primary packaging material manufacturers and the packaging and food industry for many years.
In...
Europe: EU faces rising antimicrobial resistance, warns authorities
Bacteria in humans, food and animals continue to show resistance to the most widely used antimicrobials, says the latest report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR)...