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Don’t blame it on the pine nut!
Did you know that not all pine nuts are edible? Here, Antonina Constantine explains how DNA-based techniques can prevent you from serving up a dodgy one.
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Avian influenza discovered in poultry in Pembrokeshire
Avian influenza (bird flu) has been found in poultry at a large site in Pembrokeshire, marking the second confirmed case of the pathogenic disease in Wales this week.
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Infographic: Choose your HPLC detector
This infographic provides details about choosing the right detector for your routine quality control and compositional food testing liquid chromatography applications.
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Food safety culture: what is it and how do we measure it?
New Food hears from Papa John's and Chipotle Mexican Grill on their definition of food safety, and how the industry can begin to measure what is becoming an increasingly important term.
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Recall Roundup: Multiple Listeria alerts raised in North America
Read our latest roundup of recalls impacting the UK, US, and Canada, including several cases of nuts not being included on product labels, and multiple pathogen alerts.
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Episode 29 – Food price inflation and cost of living
The New Food Podcast calls on two experts, Professor Chris Elliott and Dr Richard Volpe, to discuss why inflation is affecting food prices so brutally across the globe, and what food safety concerns might arise as a result.
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Application Note: Analysis of sugar alcohols and allulose
Overconsumption of sugar (sucrose) can lead to many health issues such as obesity, diabetes, dental diseases, and ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder). To support the reduction of these problems, many food and beverage manufacturers have reformulated or developed new products with sugar substitutes such as sugar alcohols (polyols) or allulose,
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The increasing threat of mycotoxin contamination
New Food invites a panel of three industry experts to share their perspectives on this growing devastating hazard…
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How artificial sweeteners are changing our friendly gut bacteria
The use of artificial sweeteners is prevalent throughout the food industry, but scientists remain unsure as to what effect these ingredients have on our gut microbiota and health.
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Application Note: Analysis of water-soluble vitamins and caffeine
A robust analytical method has been developed to detect and quantify 10 water-soluble vitamins and caffeine in multivitamin tablets and beverages. Arc HPLC-PDA combined with an XSelect HSS T3 XP Analytical Column enables the separation of 10 vitamins and caffeine in 16-minutes.
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How our food safety system needs to change
AFDO Executive Director Steven Mandernach explains how his organisation is enacting to change to make our food even safer.
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New framework proposed to regulate engineered crops
Current methods for crop safety testing have been challenged by researchers with new approaches encouraged for genetically engineered (GE) crops.
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Emerging global food safety challenges and how to address them
Weaknesses triggered by zoonotic disease and mycotoxins will be intensified due to the impacts of climate change, a move to plant-based and circular economies. Here, four experts explore the upcoming issues to be aware of and how we might forge a safe path forwards.
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MALDI-TOF MS for species identification in single laboratories or laboratory networks
Guidelines for the validation of identifications of taxonomically defined species using MALDI-TOF MS in such laboratories have been published in Germany. Here, Jörg Rau outlines the basics of what you need to know.
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Mexican papaya industry – a model for sector-wide food safety evolution
A beacon of good practice, the Mexican papaya industry took criticism on the chin and faced its shortcomings with honesty and transparency. The result is a robust well-informed system that aims to provide safe fruits to millions of consumers. Emily Griep advises fellow industry sectors to take note.
