Tag: bacteria
Americas: Build infrastructure, transfer knowledge for food safety, 3M
Each day, food safety issues gain more relevance and importance throughout Latin American countries.
Meanwhile, global markets and international trade bodies are pushing standards and...
Europe: Antimicrobial resistance research wins award
Professor Frank Møller Aarestrup from the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, has been awarded the Nils Foss Excellence Prize 2017 worth EUR...
Middle East: Digitization, data “bury the food bug”, says Ecolab
The adoption of new technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) Big Data and Data Science will ensure food safety, improve sustainability and...
Americas: “Sugar-glass” film uses viruses to kill germs in food
With antibiotic resistance on the rise, bacterial contamination of food is becoming more problematic.
Scientists report that they have developed an antibacterial 'sugar-glass' coating...
Asia Pacific: Water treatment system eradicates pathogens
A water disinfectant company has successfully eliminated Legionella from a South Australian hospital’s water supply using a pH neutral electrochemical solution, which can also...
Americas: Corbion releases antimicrobial for meat processors
Corbion launches a clean-label antimicrobial that rivals potassium sorbate for mold inhibition, even in applications most vulnerable to mold for the meat industry.
With consumer...
Americas: 3M solution wins Gold Stevie Award
The 3M Clean-Trace Hygiene Monitoring and Management System has won the Gold Stevie Award in the Best New Product or Service of the Year...
Americas: More use natural preservatives in food, finds study
Food producer Oscar Mayer has replaced artificial preservatives in their hot dogs with celery juice, a natural source of the preservative sodium nitrite.
A...
Americas: Researchers use light to improve food safety
A team of researchers applies the use of light and other technologies to better the world’s health care, food safety, and biosecurity systems.
Yong Chen...
Americas: IBM, Cornell University partner on safe milk supply
IBM and Cornell University will use next-generation sequencing combined with bioinformatics designed to help reduce the chances that the global milk supply is impacted...