NSF International, a global not-for-profit NGO that provides public
health and safety risk solutions, has announced details of the
second global congress on hygienic coatings and surfaces.
Researchers in the US are claiming that that a combination of high
temperature and high pressure during the preparation of processed
meats may reduce the presence of infective prions.
The US Government's food safety leader, Elsa Murano, has said that
despite irradiation being an effective way to maintain the safety
of meats, companies are still slow on the uptake.
Food Safe, a wholly owned subsidiary of publicly traded Aquentium,
has filed a patent application with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office for its proprietary food sanitisation process.
The US Food and Drug Administration has released a statement on the
National Academy of Sciences' report, 'Scientific Criteria to
Ensure Safe Food'. The report has been received as a reinforcement
of the FDA's...
Global Food Technologies, a privately held biotechnology company
targeting the food safety market, has announced a scientific method
for significantly reducing and eliminating disease-causing surface
and foodborne bacteria in seafood.
UK-based Food Industry Training - Reading is to organise a seminar
on current key issues affecting food safety, particularly in the
UK. 'Due diligence underpins everything that the UK food
industry does,' said the group...
Agr TopWave LLC, a manufacturer of laboratory and on-line
testing/quality control devices for plastic containers is about to
launch a number of new devices to measure the consistency and
quality of container packaging.
Ecolab, the global cleaning and pest elimination provider, has
announced record first quarter sales reflected largely by the
growth of its global foodservice markets.
"Free trade has to be safe trade," said Dr Patrick Wall, chief
executive of the Irish Food Safety Authority commenting on a new
agreement in Ireland that aims to tighten up food safety procedures
for imported foodstuffs...
Axaron Bioscience has launched its iGentifier, a transcription
profiling technology for the food industry designed to identify
genes and biochemical pathways.
Twelve out of the 15 European Union Member States could soon face
court action should they continue to ignore EU legislation on
genetically modified crops.
Reflecting current worries about the safety of the food chain,
attendance at last month's Fifth Annual Food Safety Summit in
Washington D.C. jumped by a staggering 34 per cent. The key topics
of the event were food safety, food...
A crucial issue at the heart of the European food industry today is
the imminent enlargement of the European Union. For the ten
newcomers, the integration of current European food legislation,
critical for the country's ambitions,...
"Food safety is not a political football," said the European
Consumers Organisation BEUC in response to recent reports on a
proposal to divide the location of the European Food
SafetyAuthority between two Member States -...
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) yesterday made a
further step towards openness and transparency with the launch of a
new tool to improve the flow of information between consumer and
state and to gauge industry views on...
Food producers across the globe are being urged to register as soon
as possible with the US Food and Drug Administration in order to
comply with a soon-to-be-law on security and bio terrorism.
The Institute of Packaging has launched its web-based 'Unlimited
Packaging Solutions', allowing its members to help one another
solve packaging queries.
The International Association for Food Protection has announced two
workshops to be held in conjunction with IAFP 2003, New Orleans,
Louisiana, US, 8-9 August.
Improving food safety 'the natural way' would certainly appeal to
the increasingly health vigilant consumer. Scientists in the UK
have been looking at a variety of natural antimicrobials that could
extend food shelf-life...
Researchers in Canada are developing a natural antibody cocktail
that they claim can help prevent the most common foodborne germs,
including E. coli and Salmonella, which cause thousands to become
ill or even die each year.
A research team which forms part of the UK Department of
Agriculture is to hold a conference to highlight its work in the
area of High Pressure Processing for food safety.
Aquentium CEO Mark Taggatz has emphasised key strategies on how the
company's wholly owned subsidiary, Food Safe, is aiming to
alleviate current fears within the food industry - an area of
growing interest given the current political...
A specially developed scanning technology for olive producers has
helped to improve harvest quality and predictability, claims Danish
safety systems provider Foss.
SureBeam - provider of electron beam and x-ray irradiation
technology - has been awarded a US patent that extends its current
two-pass patented x-ray system to a four-pass system.
Are our spending patterns dictated by fear? A new report from
Datamonitor suggests that this is, indeed, the case. In order to
feel safer about purchases, consumer concerns over crime,
terrorism, food safety and disease determine...
The European Commission has announced a proposal to harmonise
maximum residue levels for pesticides in products of plant and
animal origin. The proposal aims to consolidate and simplify
current legislation.
Food safety and food security will be the focus of the 5th annual
Food Safety Summit, to be held at the Washington DC Convention
Center 18-20 March 2003.
The ongoing problem of where to house the new European Union food
safety authority could be resolved by establishing an agency in
both Finland and Italy.
Poultry processors have been warned by a report from the UK Food
Standards Agency which shows that there is a continuing problem
with added water and animal protein in chicken supplied to
restaurants and takeaways.
The market for foods designed specifically for consumers with
allergies or intolerances is set to grow rapidly over the next few
years, according to a new report from Mintel.
The European Commission's Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) has
released its opinion on the safety of carrageenan, mainly in
response to work published by Tobacman in October 2001, reports
Reading Scientific Services this week.
MicroFoss has recently been awarded the AOAC-RI validation for its
Coliform dairy product testing kits, some two years after it was
launched on the market.
As promised last year, the European Commission is now offering
online access to a new database that compiles research efforts on
several topics related to the issue of acrylamide in food.
Celsis International has said that Nestle's global R&D site in
Konolfingen has invested in the new Celsis CellScan system for
testing its milk and cream based products after its evaluation of
available ATP based testing systems.
For food and beverage companies, testing water samples for the
presence of coliforms is one of the most important preventative
measures in the battle against outbreaks of harmful bacteria. In
response to growing demand for solutions,...
Is the quest for healthier foods affecting quality? Leif Kjærgaard
from Danish ingredients company Danisco suggests food ingredients
quality is much more important than if the food ingredients are
natural or not.
Lock Inspection Systems' 3f triple frequency detector for food
processing applications will be making its first appearance at
Anuga Foodtec this year. The Triple frequency detection is the
latest in several hi-tech features introduced...
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology claim to have
developed a more efficient, less costly method of disinfecting
water used in food processing. The new Advanced Disinfection
Technology System relies on ultraviolet...
A new system designed to use companies' own employees as soldiers
in the frontline in the war on bioterrorism has been created by two
US consultancies.