Eurofins has provided an update halfway through its second program of start-up openings aimed at enlarging its footprint in its fastest-growing markets.
Addivant’s request to re-evaluate the migration limit of a substance for use in food contact materials has been approved by a panel of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has said the Endocrine Society’s claims of evidence tying endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) to diabetes and obesity risks ‘disregards the state of science’.
EUROPEN and 28 other associations representing consumer goods brands, packaging producers, material producers and extended producer responsibility (EPR) organisations, have announced a set of joint recommendations for the new Circular Economy proposals...
More than a third of people believe food retailers or manufacturers don’t act quickly enough or provide timely information during health scares, according to Trace One.
While the Spanish competent authorities found some non-compliances in traceability of meat they did not detect a number of more serious, systematic deficiencies, according to the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO).
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization – time of flight (MALDI-ToF) mass spectrometry is to be added to Public Health England’s (PHE’s) standard microbiological test methods.
BioDetection Instruments has been awarded a $150,000 grant to develop an automated food pathogen screening system with integrated sample concentration.
Food from the UK was most frequently sampled however samples from outside had the highest failure rate, according to Northern Ireland's eighth food surveillance sampling report.
Sanderson Farms has recalled more than 550,000 pounds of chicken products due to possible foreign material contamination, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS).
Bioo Scientific will introduce a test for histamine screening and one for sulfite detection at the 129th AOAC Annual Meeting, in Los Angeles, California.
Strains of harmless E. coli in the intestine can interact with pathogenic varieties to increase or decrease how much toxin the pathogen produces, according to research.
Aspen Foods has refused to recall additional chicken products after the USDA-FSIS said it had found a strain of Salmonella that prompted an earlier recall.
Industry will be able to test for complete accuracy and not just spot-check for contamination, according to the CEO of a newly-launched company which is beta testing such a product.
Packaging from food industry by-products, the problems which can come with scaling up, active materials and limiting pathogen growth were on the agenda in Erding this week.
Packaging made from bananas, hygienic design cost saving opportunities and potential of biodegradable packaging materials to solve plastic end of life problems were some of the subjects at the first day of an international conference.
The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) will discuss research results on the diagnosis, occurrence and control of roundworms at an international conference on Trichinellosis this week.
The current case-by-case risk assessment of nanomaterials (NMs) is not the most efficient long term approach to ensure safety, according to a review which looked at regulatory approaches.
