BPF (British Plastic Federation) president, Mike Boswell, welcomed Philip Law as director-general of the organization, with effect from July next year, at its 80th anniversary dinner on Friday.
The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, which sets recovery and recycling targets for EU Member States, must increase EPR (extended producer responsibility) scheme transparency and focus on minimizing post-consumer packaging waste, said Virginia...
Omics technologies may have major implications in food risk assessment but it remains unclear to what extend they can be used, according to a review article for the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
The Institute of Food Research (IFR) is to study how a strain of Campylobacter can survive in different environments to better understand the risk to human health.
The Global Food Safety Initiative has reissued its Guidance Document Sixth Edition under version 6.3 to include requirements related to the storage and distribution sector.
PathoGenetix has demonstrated culture-independent identification and strain typing of multiple Salmonella serotypes from enriched food samples using their Genome Sequence Scanning (GSS) technology.
Whittled away by the US government shutdown, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is back to nearly full force to monitor a multistate salmonella outbreak.
‘Late last year, news emerged of corruption in the food chain for processed beef products, with horse meat substituted in Europe, donkey meat in Kenya and donkey, water buffalo and goat meat in South Africa.
Mettler-Toledo representative Neil Giles explains how automation and advanced machine vision technology can help food operations untangle complex labelling issues and requirements.
Both sides in the US government shutdown refuse to budge after another meeting yesterday and you can’t help but think that the longer this goes on the increased risk there is for food safety.
The main challenges for the Food & Beverage industry are speed, performance and safety, and OEM's are looking for more production and less waste says Siemens.
The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) has awarded 16 grants totalling $3m aimed at providing the produce industry with food safety practices throughout the supply chain.
Eriez has unveiled a metal detector which it claims is the first in a line of products that will add more enhancements for the food and packaging industry.
The manufacturing and extraction of raw materials are the most pollutant stages of the life cycle when producing bio-based films, according to a study.
Roka Bioscience’s system to detect foodborne pathogens and environmental samples has been adopted by the Department of Defense (DoD) Food Analysis and Diagnostic Laboratory (FADL).
Seward’s Stomacher 400 Circulator has been used in an evaluation of international sampling methods for the microbiological analysis of broiler carcasses after immersion chilling.
The Food Safety Summit Resource Center at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2013 offers attendees a chance to tap into a range of food safety tools, and share knowledge with peers.
The long term consequences of foodborne infection need further studies, according to the lead author of a review article looking at the latest threats and emerging issues.
