The UK's FSA is holding a two-day review of its domestic sector
hygiene research programme as part of its wider evaluation of
microbiological safety research programmes.
A prototype "smart" sensor can record and wirelessly transmit
information to receivers about when and where glitches occur as a
food product is being shipped.
The dramatic uptake of Genetically Modified (GM) crops in Spain is
causing massive genetic contamination according to Greenpeace -
though this is not a view shared by everyone.
Greater international co-ordination in reducing the amount of
illegally declared foods entering and exiting the EU's borders
could be the result of a meeting held yesterday by the bloc's
anti-fraud office.
Thailand's chicken processors say they will soon recover their
export sales, badly damaged by the bird flu crisis, by offering
their international customers premium, cooked products.
Biotrace International has released a range of sponges or swabs to
help food companies pick up harmful bacteria that have survived the
cleaning process.
A UN report on the dramatic drop in cases of Bovine Spongiform
Encepalopathy (BSE) or "mad cow disease" worldwide, could help food
companies win back former beef eaters.
A report on avian influenza from the EU's food safety watchdog
could help to calm consumer fears about eating poultry and eggs,
even though the regulator's scientists have also sounded a note of
caution.
A range of trays and depanning suction cups are the latest products
to be made out of metal-detectable plastic produced for the food
industry by a UK company.
Avian influenza was found in a wild bird in Denmark this week,
making it the eleventh EU member to report a suspected or confirmed
case of the Asian strain of the H5N1 virus in the bloc.
The EU's food safety authority has found that allergens in molluscs
are not reliably reduced by processing techniques, paving the way
for the bloc to impose labelling requirements on a variety of
foods.
New fire safety rules affecting all businesses in England and Wales
will come into force in October, placing greater responsibilities
on plant managers.
Following the death of a young boy due to a suspected E. coli
outbreak in Norway, discounter Lidl has halted sales of ground beef
produced in the country.
An EU-funded project is going a step beyond existing radio
frequency identification (RFID) systems by developing a sensor
network that will allow items to communicate more information about
their surroundings.
Like its counterparts across the EU, the UK's food regulator has
started inspecting meat plants, threatening to close those that do
not comply with the bloc's new hygiene laws.
Greenpeace has called for the urgent adoption of international
biosafety standards after the publication of a report that claims
to reveal the extent of GM contamination.
The European Commission has issued a series of comments on proposed
changes to the UN's international food safety standards on such
issues as labelling and microbiological risk.
Avian influenza continues to spread in the EU's largest poultry
producer, with the country's agriculture ministry reporting over
the weekend that the highly pathogenic type H5N1 had been detected
in a dead wild swan in the...
A new 'tamper evident' bowl with a sealed lid, which can only be
removed by breaking the tear flap and 'safety lock' on the
packaging, offers food producers a better way to ensure their
products reach consumers...
A new test that realistically determines how much oxygen will pass
through food and beverage packaging during a product's lifetime
will enable producers to speed up and improve new product trials.
A newly developed label from KSW Microtec will enable food firms to
more closely monitor the temperature of their products on the
journey from production line to consumer, its inventor says.
The EU's poultry association has joined in the criticism of the
European Commission for approving the vaccination of poultry flocks
in the Netherlands and France.
In an ominous sign for processors and the public, France has
slaughtered turkeys at a farm suspected of being infected with the
deadly form of avian influenza, possibly marking the first time the
disease has spread to domestic stock...
A study on maternal exposure to chemicals found in foods, could
potentially do damage to manufacturers' attempts to assure the
public that processed products are safe to eat.
The EU's controversal approval of decisions by France and the
Netherlands' to start vaccinating their poultry highlights the
fault lines in the bloc's response to avian influenza.
With the licensing of three equipment manufacturers in the US and
Europe, a company's quick sterilization technology for canned foods
has gone from prototype to market launch.
New methods need to be develop to prevent Campylobacter in
transport coopsand during carcass defeathering, critical points at
which contamination ofbroilers and broiler carcasses occurs,
according to new research.
Aided by a common protozoa, Salmonella cells are three times likely
to survive the treatments used by food processors to clean
equipment, according to a scientific study.
The deadly form of avian influenza has hit Europe's largest poultry
producer, with France's government confirming over the weekend that
the H5N1 form of the virus was found in a dead duck and possibly
some swans.
The EU's food safety regulator has published an action plan to
prevent foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease from entering the bloc again,
calling for more controls on the import of animals, meat and meat
products.
Get ready for the impact of avian influenza, as the disease has
been conclusively found in wild birds in Greece, Italy, Bulgaria,
Slovenia and Azerbaijan over the weekend.
The WTO ruling backing the US, Canada and Argentina in their
efforts to open Europe up to genetically modified (GM) food has
been dismissed as 'irrelevant'.
A dust-tight batch sifter, constructed with stainless steel
housing, is designed to meet the most stringent food, dairy and
pharmaceutical standards, according to its manufacturer.
Although food safety is low on the list of European consumer
concerns, about 40 per cent of them believe that their health could
be at risk from the food they eat.
A clay-coated, bleached white paperboard designed to meet food
safety requirements offers companies another option when choosing
packaging material for their products.