dispatches from Analytica 2014
Anton Paar: Sample prep just got easier
Sample preparation can now be done faster and in a simpler way, according to Anton Paar.
Archives for April 15, 2014
Antibiotic contaminated meat not safe for human consumption
Intensively farmed livestock are raised in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions where emphasis is placed on productivity rather than animal welfare and quality of product.
dispatches from Analytica 2014
Firms RISE to put industry under the microscope
WITec and Tescan Orsay Holding have launched the RISE Microscope for Correlative Raman-SEM Imaging at Analytica 2014.
Transparency in food science
New EFSA chief-designate: ‘Our first priority is to get the science right’
The European Union’s central science agency must become more transparent to meet rapid technological change in food and agriculture, its likely next chief told the European Parliament this week. And conflicts of interest were not an issue.
dispatches from Analytica 2014
DNA extraction without contamination risk
Automation and the avoidance of cross contamination are crucial when extracting DNA, according to Analytik Jena.
Andean Grain Products seeks EU novel food approval for chia seeds
Andean Grain Products has requested an opinion from the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) on novel foods equivalence for its chia seeds.
BASF vitamin production returns to normal after fire
BASF’s vitamin A and E production is close to resuming normal service after a fire ripped through its German plant on March 12.
ADM to retain cocoa presses, but chocolate factories up for sale
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has announced that it will retain the majority of its cocoa processing operations but will sell its chocolate business.
dispatches from Analytica 2014
ACD/Labs launches informatics platform to put data in one place
ACD/Labs has released an updated version of their software platform at Analytica 2014 in Munich.
Key Insights from Food Vision
In conversation with the mastermind behind the €250,000 lab-grown burger
Last year Professor Mark Post sparked international interest with the unveiling, and tasting, of the world's first lab-grown meat. Since then he's been working to iron out technical issues so that commercially available lab-grown meat can become a reality.
dispatches from Analytica 2014
Food safety question growing in global importance
The question of food safety is becoming more and more important everywhere in the world, according to Biotecon Diagnostics.
dispatches from Analytica 2014
Analytica 2014: An editor's view
‘The same machines you see here are used in applications from food testing to looking at cancer’, one exhibitor told me during the 2014 Analytica Trade Show in Munich.
The secret to healthy cereal NPD? More air, less flake...
Consumers can eat up to 34% more calories when eating breakfast cereal with smaller flakes; a physical factor cereal makers should take a closer look at, says the lead scientist of a new study.
EU whole grain label laws could take over a year to define, says expert
Industry will meet with scientists next week in Vienna to start discussions on the future of pan-European whole grain labeling, but it’s likely to take more than one year to finalize, says an expert from TNO.
Food science under spotlight at IFST jubilee conference
Mapping the future of food science is the aim of the Institute of Food Science & Technology’s (IFST’s) jubilee conference next month, according to its chief executive Jon Poole.