The owner and chief operating office of Quality Egg have pleaded guilty on charges stemming from a Salmonella outbreak that affected thousands in 2010.
Consumers want more information about the food they buy, and technology such as smart phones could address demand for more detail on products following the horsemeat crisis and other scandals.
Food firms only have a few more days to weigh in on a rule requires companies to give a heads up on imported edibles; an expert from SGS offers advice on the particulars and the potential impact on processing firms worldwide.
Laser Application Technologies has received a thumbs up from the US Food and Drug Administration for its Natural Light Labeling system, designed to get rid of stick-on produce labels.
With food safety for at the forefront of producers’ minds, interest in detectable products for production zones has soared in recent years, according to UK-based company Detectamet.
3M’s Petrifilm Salmonella Express System has been validated through AOAC International as a First Action Official Method of Analysis (OMA) for the detection of Salmonella in a variety of food products.
Wolverine Packing Company is recalling 1.8 million pounds of ground beef products potentially contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS).
Action to tackle Salmonella from primary production to consumption has made important progress in the last decade but challenges remain, according to an editorial in Eurosurveillance.
The 60-Second Interview is an ongoing FoodProductionDaily series, in which we meet with top food and beverage industry leaders to hammer out important issues; here, we catch up with Katie Moore of GE Intelligent Platforms to discuss technology that advances...
New cases of a Salmonella strain which caused more than 700 illnesses linked to turkey meat in 2011 and 2012 have been identified, prompting EU agencies to suggest the outbreak strain is still circulating.
Priority topics to ensure the emphasis on food safety in Horizon 2020 work programmes have been laid out by The European Association for Food Safety, The SAFE consortium.
The former plant operations manager at the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) has pleaded guilty to seven counts related to an Salmonella outbreak five years ago which killed nine people.
Alchemy Systems, Campden BRI, BRC Global Standards, the Safe Quality Foods Institute, and SGS have joined forces on a food safety study revealing key concerns shared around the globe, and areas for improvement.
Luceo Inspection Worldwide is presenting two developments of its ThermoSecure range at Interpack; for detection of any type of defects in the sealing zone and a machine to comply with the customer environment.
QADEX is encouraging companies to review their quality management and ensure they have efficient food safety policies in place – or face a harsh penalty.
PURE Bioscience expects to make direct food contact submissions to US regulatory agencies based on testing of its antimicrobial before the end of the month.
