Tag: food safety
Americas: Savoury Systems International achieves non-GMO status for protein
Savoury Systems International (SSI) has achieved Non-GMO Project Verified status for product #1000 Yeast Extract Low Salt-High Protein.
The Non-GMO Project offers North America’s only...
Americas: ConAgra Foods reaches negotiated resolution on 2007 peanut butter recall
ConAgra Grocery Products Company LLC and the Office of the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia and the Consumer Protection Branch...
Americas: PositiveID’s chip detects E. coli in less than 20 minutes
PositiveID Corporation has successfully detected Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) chip of its Firefly Dx prototype handheld, real-time...
Asia Pacific: SCIEX releases study that detects low levels of Pesticide...
SCIEX's application team is developing a new method for screening of monofluoroacetic acid (MFA), also known as ‘1080’.
In 2008, a melamine milk scandal posed...
Europe: Food recalls drop in Q1, says product recall company
Product recall company Stericycle ExpertSOLUTIONS has reported that recalls and notifications have decreased in the first quarter of 2015, due to heightened recall awareness...
Europe: WGS uncovers foodborne outbreaks, says Denmark institute
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, is promoting the creation of global databases for whole genome sequencing (WGS) results to facilitate intelligent...
Europe: Bosch exhibits visual inspection machines in Geneva exhibition
Bosch introduces visual inspection systems at the Geneva Trade Fair for Quality Assurance, EPHJ 2015 from June 2 to 5.
Originally, the application-oriented solutions and...
Americas: Some foodborne infections decreased in 2014, says CDC
In 2014, rates of infection from a serious form of E. coli and one of the more common Salmonella serotypes decreased compared with the...
World: Henkel holds food packaging webinar on migration
Henkel will be holding a webinar on the topic Basics in Migration - Adhesives in Food Packaging on May 29, 2015 at 10:00 AM...
Americas: MIT sensor detects spoiled meat
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) chemists have devised an inexpensive, portable sensor that can detect gases emitted by rotting meat, allowing consumers to determine...