An EU's law change and an exposé on fraud in the UK has led an
organic industry body to call on those storing ingredients for
processing to ensure their premises are inspected.
Tougher disease prevention measures proposed for the EU's
aquaculture industry could lead to higher prices for the fish used
by processors in their products.
With the media and scientists touting the possibility that avian
flu could migrate to the EU from Russia, the chicken is facing
another round of bad publicity.
A new antimicrobial solution helps reduce Salmonella and other
bacteria in poultry during processing and also eliminates the need
for chlorine in the chilling tank, according to its manufacturer.
In a bid to meet the growing demand for food safety testing
products Applied Biosystems has teamed up with DuPont Qualicon to
develop a new DNA detection system.
Consumer demand for natural foods or products without synthetic or
chemical preservatives has led European processors to pile into the
market with a wave of new offerings, according to research produced
by Mintel.
Indian scientists have developed a way of cross breeding chickpeas,
a feat that to date has been extremely difficult to undertake. The
programme is aiming to develop chickpeas that are more resistant to
disease, in turn boosting crop...
Food companies have joined with gusto the legal race to win
monopoly control of discoveries in nanotechnology that could help
them market novel new products, according to a Spanish research
firm.
Chicken consumption in the UK could suffer a temporary setback
after a BBC report indicates chicken are highly contaminated with
antibiotic resistant E. coli bacteria.
The UK has moved a step closer to relaxing its rules on bovine
spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), potentially opening up a larger
supply of beef for food processors in the UK and throughout Europe.
With up to 76 per cent of UK chickens testing positive for
Campylobacter, processors and their suppliers will soon be facing a
food safety crackdown from the country's regulator.
With nano-scale technologies poised to become a strategic platform
for the development of new processes for the food and agriculture
sector, the EU is starting to develop a coordinated research
programme so companies can take advantage...
With the coming of age for ozone-based sanitizing systems,
CIProcess is introducing a new line of food cleaning equipment to
the UK and Ireland, billing it as a cheaper method to get the job
done.
Australian CSIRO has designed Moisture Control Technology (MCT) to
control free moisture found in stored or transported fresh food,
enabling food to stay fresher for longer.
Five months after the illegal red colour Sudan 1 sparked the
biggest food product recall in the UK's history, the country's food
agency detects the colour in a batch of curry powders, reports
Lindsey Partos.
A prototype of electronic-paper could be the future for radio
frequency identification (RFID) tags and for intelligent packaging,
according to the company developing the technology.
Driven by the EU's food regulations, more and more companies are
buying integrated software to manage and track products through
their supply chain, reports Ahmed ElAmin.
Food processors will soon be able to detect rogue pieces of plastic
in their products, if trials of a new machine that detects coloured
objects prove successful.
Harmful red colour Sudan 1 crops up in prepared pasta dish in
Italy, reports the EU's food risk alert system this week,
confirming food makers still risk contamination by this illegal
food colour.
Food makers can expect tighter voluntary rules on additives in
vegetarian and vegan foods as the UK's food agency gets to grips
with fresh new definitions, reports Lindsey Partos.
UK-based food processors who use poultry in their products are
likely to face more safety regulations after a government report
singles out chicken meat as the largest contributor to
Campylobacter infections in the country.
The European Commission's plan to relax the bloc's rules on mad cow
disease provides hope to food companies that they will have wider
access to beef suppliers, including those in the UK.
Supplies of live poultry, poultry meat and eggs from the UK will
continue to flow to EU countries while the UK battles with a
disease that can wipe out entire flocks.
Food scientists in Russia have developed a new, safer preservative
for meat and fish that they claim improves resistance to harmful
bacteria and could extend shelf-life by up to 50 per cent, offering
opportunities to food makers,...
In a move that is bound to add more heat to the dispute among EU
states over genetically modified organisms, the Europe's food
safety regulator has approved a number of products for use within
the bloc.
The discovery in Ireland of another probable case of variant
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) might turn some consumers away
from their meat, but perhaps they can be assured the country, and
the EU, seem to be winning the battle to...
With the emphasis on food safety, there has been a rush on the
market to provide companies with effective cleaning solutions to
wipe out harmful bacteria.
Risk continues in the European food chain with member states
recalling over fifty products due to food pathogens and illegal
colours in seven days, suggesting industry still needs to crack
down on food safety, reports Lindsey Partos.
Greater emphasis on the responsibilities of top management are
among the changes ushered in by a revised international standard
for testing and calibration laboratories.
Overall there is no difference in health risks to consumers between
farmed and wild salmon according to scientists at the European food
safety regulator.
New test from the National Food Laboratory meets growing demand
from food manufacturers to verify their ingredients are free from
the potentially carcinogenic red dye Sudan.
The European Commission does not favour setting up a single system
for the eco-labelling of fish and fish products, according to a
consultation document issued yesterday.
The use of desalted cod in the preparation of ready made meals
could lead to an increased incidences of food poisoning unless
measures are taken to limit its shelf life to a maximum of one
week,according to EU-funded research.
An industrial cleaning wash for fruits and vegetables uses a
chlorine dioxide solution to reduce harmful bacteria and extend
shelf life, according to the product's manufacturer.
Food pathogens and harmful toxins dominate the EU's food risk alert
system this week, detected in a range of products from fish and
cheese to pistachios and chilli powder, reports Lindsey
Partos.
With the deadline approaching for a new global standard on managing
food safety in plants, the industry is gearing up to train
employees on how to keep contaminants out of the processing line.
Georgia Research Tech Institute is developing a new pathogen
biosensor for the poultry industry as part of its work to extend
the use of such devices to the food industry.
A call by the World Health Organisation for further safety
assessments on using genetically modified (GM) foods should give
governments pause for thought before giving their approval for
their wider use of the technology.
Post sudan 1 debacle, a UK food manufacturer defends the safety of
food additives used in its curry formulations, but receives a
complaint through the UK's advertising watchdog.
Electronic Sensor Technology's gas sniffer is undergoing trials in
the agricultural sector as a food quality tester, to see whether it
can detect the gasses of bug infestation in plants in one test and
in another, the vapors...
Hours after EU leaders fail to hammer out an agreement on the
2007-13 European budget, the Commission calls on food scientists to
submit new research proposals for food quality.