Tag: food safety
Asia Pacific: Plastic in nugget not from Cargill facilities after internal...
After an exhaustive investigation, Cargill says it is confident the blue, plastic foreign material recently reported in one McDonald's Chicken Nugget in Japan did...
Americas: USP proposes documents into Food Chemicals Codex, introduces guidance on...
The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is proposing new monographs and introducing the Guidance on Food Fraud Mitigation to be included in its Food Chemicals...
Europe: EU embarks of project against diseases
A large European Union (EU) project called COMPARE intends to speed up the detection of and response to disease outbreaks among humans and animals...
Americas: Cornell University, institute create anti-bacteria nanoscale surface
Just as the invention of nonstick pans was a boon for chefs, a new type of nanoscale surface that bacteria cannot stick to holds...
Asia Pacific: Detect meat fraud using enhanced analytical methods, says AB...
Food fraud is gaining interest as an emerging risk given the increasingly global and complex nature of food supply chains.
It is not uncommon to...
Americas: Food traceability measures gaining popularity among consumers, finds Organic Monitor
Growing consumer interest in food provenance and production methods is leading to a spike in traceability schemes, as Organic Monitor finds more certification schemes and...
Americas: 3M Food Safety launches bacteria count plate
3M Food Safety had launched the next generation 3M Petrifilm Rapid Aerobic Count Plate globally, which can detect aerobic bacteria counts in 24 hours...
Americas: Kalsec receives SQF certification
Kalsec has received the Safe Quality Food (SQF) Level 2 certification under the Global Food Safety Initiative Edition 7.2.
The certification is for food ingredient...
Americas: Egypt to create food security systems to store grain
Global food security company Blumberg Grain and the Government of Egypt are developing reportedly one of the world's largest integrated food security systems for...
Europe: XL Group launches insurance solution for product contamination coverage
XL Group has launched its integrated insurance solution developed specifically for the food and beverage (F&B) industry.
Designed to respond to multiple risk exposures, the...