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Regulatory updates on food trade and commercial breakthroughs on product safety.
Europe: Denmark reports low number of people infected with salmonella, finds institute
The number of people living Denmark who contracted a salmonella infection reached a historic low level in 2013, according to the National Food Institute...
Europe: Researcher studies two Clostridium perfringens strains in cooked beef for food safety in...
The control points that are critical to prevent foodborne outbreaks by Clostridium (C.) perfringens differ between two main groups of this bacterium, according to...
World: Probiotic ingredient obtains regulatory approvals in 60 countries with hard work and patience,...
Ganeden Biotech’s patented probiotic ingredient GanedenBC30 has obtained regulatory approvals in more than sixty countries throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America and...
Europe: RASFF system has helped to ensure food safety in the EU for 35...
Europe is more than ever reliant on its Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) to ensure that food meets some of the...
Americas: Young children, pregnant and breastfeeding women should have more fish, say US authorities
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have on June 10, 2014 issued draft updated advice on...
Americas: Air quality systems are vital to preventing airborne plant pathogenic contaminants in food...
Successfully treating direct surface pathogens is only part of the food safety challenge for processors, according to South Florida-based RGF Environmental.
The company recommends a...
Europe: AB SCIEX launches new workflow for improved food safety testing
AB SCIEX has launched the MasterView Food Testing Workflow for QTRAP mass spectrometry systems at the 5th Annual Symposium on Emerging Issues in Food,...
Europe: DuPont receives probiotic health claim in Switzerland
Working with a major Swiss grocer, DuPont Nutrition & Health recently received approval from Switzerland’s Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) to market...
Asia Pacific: Singapore eases restrictions on import of food from Japan
The Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) is easing restrictions on food imports from Japan, including Fukushima prefecture with immediate effect, said Singapore...
Americas: GLG receives GRAS letter of no objection from US FDA for stevia extracts
The US FDA has issued Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) letter of no objection covering several high-purity stevia extracts by GLG Life Tech Corporation.
The...