Food safety & quality

PURE Bioscience has launched Hard Surface, a silver-based antimicrobial agent.

OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY MONTH

Antimicrobial worth its weight in silver

By Jenni Spinner

Biotechnology firm PURE Bioscience has launched an antimicrobial product that uses silver to efficiently and safely sanitize food surfaces.

One expert claims the US poultry industry is safer than before, but there is still room for improvement.

Is the US poultry industry a cause for alarm?

By Jenni Spinner

Salmonella outbreaks are raising red flags over the safety of the poultry supply; however, according to one expert, there may be less reason to worry than we think.

Picture: EHEDG. The subgroup on Food Refrigeration Equipment

EHEDG unveils 'cool' sub-group

By Joseph James Whitworth

A working party (subgroup) of food refrigeration equipment has been created by the European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (EHEDG).

PathoGenetix delivers RESOLUTION microbial genotyping system to FDA

FDA leases PathoGenetix pathogen tech

By Joseph James Whitworth

PathoGenetix has delivered an early commercial version of the RESOLUTION Microbial Genotyping System to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Loma scoops an innovation award

Operational Efficiency Month

Loma Systems beats Siemens to take EEF title

By Rachel Arthur

Loma Systems has won the EEF Future Manufacturing Award for Innovative Operating Practices and Processes, beating prestigious firms including BAE Systems and Siemens.

ECDC: A gel with a high score in all seven parameters

Typing quality of Listeria ‘encouraging’

By Joseph James Whitworth

The quality of typing Listeria by Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) in EU labs is ‘encouraging’, according to an external assessment.

horse meat DNA test

Horse meat: demand for lower level testing

By Rachel Arthur

Higher sensitivity meat testing is demanded by the industry in the wake of the horse meat scandal, says Campden BRI, which provides technical, legislative and scientific support to the food and drinks industry.

AB Sciex develops meat speciation test

AB Sciex develops meat speciation test

By Joseph James Whitworth

A meat speciation method for detecting pig and horse contamination has been developed by scientists at the University of Münster and AB Sciex. 

ECDC pathogen typing techniques report

PFGE ‘gold standard’ for Salmonella typing

By Joseph James Whitworth

Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) is the gold standard for high discriminatory typing of Salmonella and the only generic method for typing all serovars, according to an EU report.

IPPE 2014 exhibitors such as Battelle shared a wealth of information with attendees on safety-related topics and tech.

COMMENT ON IPPE 2014

Meat and poultry pros dedicated to 100% safety

By Jenni Spinner

The curtain has closed on the International Production and Processing Expo, but its mission to improve the safety of the world's meat and poultry supply lives on.

Proposed changes to FDA regulations could affected US and foreign manufacturers of canned foods.

FDA guidance impacts canned food firms

By Jenni Spinner

Suggested changes to FDA regulations on canned foods could throw processors for a loop; an expert on such draft guidances shares the ins and outs with FoodProductionDaily.

Simon is a lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University

Intro to our new guest columnist

Food safety and quality: An inside view

By Joseph James Whitworth

To further tap into the food safety and quality control industry FoodQualityNews.com will be hosting guest articles from a Cardiff Metropolitan University lecturer.

Ethiopia maize fields. Picture courtesy of World Vision.

DuPont and USAID in food security deal

By Rachel Arthur

DuPont and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have announced an agreement to extend its Advanced Maize Seed Adoption Programme and improve global food security. 

Safe Food Healthy Business app

Food Safety App gets 25k hits in debut launch

By Jenny Eagle

Two environmental health practitioners have seen an astonishing 25,000 downloads after creating an app to fight future food recalls, such as the horse meat scandal and subsequent company closures.

Photo: Jeff Fitlow. Box held by Rice Uni graduate student Jinghui Wang (L) with Sibani Lisa Biswal, contains a tiny array of microcantilevers functionalized to detect Salmonella pathogens

Biosensor targets Salmonella detection

By Joseph James Whitworth

A novel biosensor to detect Salmonella strains which delivers results within minutes has been developed by US researchers.

Reynolds Consumer Products settles with Federal Trade Commission

Reynolds Consumer Products settles FTC charges

By Joseph James Whitworth

Reynolds Consumer Products has agreed to settle charges with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for falsely claiming participation in an international privacy program.

FDF event: Food business management during a crisis

FDF tackles crisis management for food firms

By Joseph James Whitworth

Premier Foods, Eversheds LLP and the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) are some of the speakers at an event looking at crisis management in the food industry.

Liz Moran named as top UK scientist

Time is expensive in food fraud battle

By Joseph James Whitworth

Time can be more expensive than money when it comes to getting the results of potential food fraud tests, according to a scientist named in the Top 100 by the Science Council.

The Food Safety Pest Management Conference is intended to help producers eliminate the threat of contamination due to insect, rodent and bird invaders.

Event tackles critter contamination of food

By Jenni Spinner

Pest management is an increasing safety concern for food professionals; one event is geared toward eliminating the threat from creeping, crawling and flying contaminators.

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