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Regulatory updates on food trade and commercial breakthroughs on product safety.
Europe: UK Council announces food safety qualifications
The British Safety Council rolls out new regulated food safety qualifications that enable workers, supervisors and managers in the catering, food retail and food...
Europe: Priorclave displays steam sterilizer at show
British laboratory autoclave manufacturer Priorclave will display the QCS EH100 steam sterilizer at Medica from November 16 to 19, 2015 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
The 100...
Americas: USDA grants US$3M for improved plant health
The US Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced US$3 million in grants to mitigate crop losses by arthropods and...
Americas: Moisture/Solids analyzer offers results in 60 seconds
Supplier of process control solutions CEM Corporation releases its SMART 6 Moisture/Solids Analyzer.
The unit has two major innovations compared to CEM's previous...
Europe: Corbion Purac receives patent for sugar coating technology
Corbion Purac has received a European patent for its coating technology for acid powders, applied in acid-sanded sugar confectionery.
Based on this technology, the company...
Europe: Cargill to use SonoSteam process to reduce Campylobacter levels in plant
Cargill will introduce the SonoSteam process at its Hereford primary chicken processing plant in the UK, as part of its farm-to-fork action plan to...
World: China brings dip in FAO Food Price Index
International food commodity prices continued to decline in August as ample supplies, a slump in energy prices and concerns over China's economic slowdown all...
Europe: TÜV SÜD offers webinar series on safe packaging
TÜV SÜD is beginning a webinar series <www.tuv-sud.com/foodwebinar> that addresses food safety for the industry.
The first session entitled 'How safe is your food packaging?...
Americas: 3M’s method receives validation
3M's molecular detection assay for Listeria monocytogenes has received validation with AOAC PTM status.
This means that 3M's the next generation test kit is now...
Asia Pacific: FSANZ seeks submissions on adding nutrients to beverages
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has called for submissions on an application seeking permission to voluntarily add vitamins and minerals to nut- and-seed...