Food Safety
Americas: Mettler-Toledo Garvens launches series of checkweighers
Mettler-Toledo Garvens launches the C Series of checkweighers with three main product lines. The turnkey C31 StandardLine has been designed especially for packages weighing...
Americas: Eaton releases filter cartridge for food safety
Eaton has expanded its range of membrane and depth filter cartridges for wine, beer, mineral water and non-alcoholic beverage applications.
With a high asymmetric...
Americas: Tomra unveils system to combat food contamination
Tomra releases a laser and sorting technology to help lower the danger of lethal aflatoxin across the world.
The sensor-based Detox laser utilizes an optical...
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: Purdue leaders join Commission against food challenges
Three Purdue University leaders have joined The Challenge of Change Commission, which is comprised of 34 prominent university, government, non-governmental organizations, and business leaders....
Asia Pacific: Vitafoods Asia exhibitors on SEA market, health & wellness sectors
The seventh edition of Vitafoods Asia will be held in Singapore from September 5 to 6, 2017.
With lifestyle trends and changing consumer demand, what...
Americas: Canada recognizes GFSI-recognized certification program
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) says CanadaGAP has achieved full government recognition.
CanadaGAP is a food safety program for companies that produce, handle and...
Americas: 3M Food Safety’s plate gets validation
The 3M Petrifilm Lactic Acid Bacteria Count Plate has been awarded AOAC Performance-Tested Method for a variety of foods.
With this award, the...
Europe: Testing finds 17% potato crisp products are high in acrylamide
About 17% of potato crisp varieties sampled from major retail food outlets in the UK have high levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen, reveals...
Asia Pacific: Fonterra milk cans to have QR, traceability codes
Fonterra is using quick response (QR) codes as part of a program to track and trace ingredients and products electronically throughout the organization, from...