Governance
Regulatory updates on food trade and commercial breakthroughs on product safety.
Americas: CDC adds module to pathogen library
With Bruker Corp., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently added a new module to MicrobeNet that allows laboratories to search...
Asia Pacific: Addivant receives Chinese regulatory approval for antioxidant
Addivant's nonylphenol-free stabilizer, Weson 705, has received broad food contact approval for use in packaging materials from the National Health and Family Planning Commission...
Europe: Incorporate sustainability into diets, states FAO study
A handful of pioneering governments have issued guidelines promoting 'win-win' diets that can help tackle two of the most urgent challenges of our time:...
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: UK holds event on food, human microbes, health
The New York Academy of Sciences and the Quadram Institute held an international conference to explore trends and emerging findings in microbiome science from...
Africa: Authorities approve large soft drink operation
The South African Competition Tribunal has given the green light for The Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) merger parties - SABMiller plc, The Coca-Cola Company,...
Europe: New BRC toolkit aims to improve packaging safety
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has released the new issue 5 of BRC Global Standard for packaging and packaging material.
BRC Packaging standard is a...
World: Food safety culture is needful, finds global survey
Improving food safety culture was stated as the most important training goal ahead of effective employee performance, creating a safe wholesome product and skill...
Middle East: GNT Group opens affiliate in region
GNT Group has opened an affiliate office in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region in Dubai.
"As people are getting increasingly conscious of food...
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...