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Regulatory updates on food trade and commercial breakthroughs on product safety.
Europe: ISO releases new food safety standard
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) releases the new edition of ISO 22000 on food safety management systems aimed at all organizations in the...
Asia Pacific: US, Singapore partner on dairy innovation
The US Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the Food Innovation and Resource Centre (FIRC) at Singapore Polytechnic signed a partnership agreement in May 2018...
Asia Pacific: Set high food safety standards, says PwC partner
Vitargent (International) Biotechnology Limited (Vitargent) has become a strategic partner with PwC China and Hong Kong (PwC) to accelerate product safety testing technologies in...
Americas: Junk food tax is viable, say researchers
A federal tax on junk food is both legally and administratively feasible, according to researchers at New York University (NYU) College of Global Public...
Asia Pacific: Detecting trace amounts of pesticide in less than two hours
Food scientists from the National University of Singapore developed a rapid and highly sensitive screening technique capable of detecting minute amounts of pyrethroids in...
Americas: Tool detects bacteria in water or a food sample
Food scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a new, rapid and low-cost method for detecting bacteria in water or a food...
Asia Pacific: Outsmart outbreaks in Oceania, says 3M Food Safety
Australia and New Zealand have a rich history of agro-economic research and development anchored by strong public and private researchers and generally effective partnerships...
Americas: Long-term consumption of fish oils damages the liver, research finds
An international group of scientists led by the University of Granada (UGR) has demonstrated that the long-term intake of sunflower or fish oils damages...
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...
Europe: Hydroxyanthracene derivatives in food concerning, EFSA
Some substances belonging to a group of plant ingredients known as hydroxyanthracene derivatives can damage DNA and may cause cancer, said European Food Safety...