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Rice, wheat, and maize are the world’s three leading food crops; together they supply over 40% of all calories consumed by the entire human population. Of these three major crops, rice is the most widely consumed food crop for people in the developing world. It has been estimated that over half…
Sheffield University researchers have discovered how plants pass on resistance to pests and pathogens, which could help farmers in the future.
SKF has asked that in a world where proactive food safety has become essential and hygiene takes top priority in asset design, what if one potential source of contamination is coming from bearings in the proximity of food zones?
With the ever-increasing food recalls because of contamination with various bacteria, flaws in current food safety systems can be seen.
This week’s recall roundup from the UK and North America includes incorrectly labelled food and contamination by Listeria monocytogenes.
The Nestlé Quality Assurance Center in Dublin, Ohio, USA, is regarded as setting industry standards when it comes to state-of-the-art facilities and sophistication. Here, Zone AMS NQAC head, Robert Fabien, tells New Food about the centre’s work and plans for the future
Time is often the most critical factor in food microbiology laboratories, so the ability of MALDI-TOF MS to quickly and accurately confirm and identify microbes is invaluable in routine testing, as Erin Crowley explains.
X-ray inspection systems provide unrivaled performance for contaminant detection. They also perform a wide range of inline quality checks, from determining mass and providing 100% inline checkweighing inspection to assisting manufacturers meet local weights and measures regulations for package weight compliance.
Mineral oil residues in food gain a lot of public concern in there recent years. No matter if talking about rice, noodles, olive oil or chocolate, there are numerous examples of mineral oil contaminations in food.
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced that the company has been awarded a contract for iQ-Check real-time PCR pathogen detection test kits and the iQ-Check Prep Automation System from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food…
Dirty irrigation water is a prime suspect in the outbreak of illness via consumption of romaine lettuce harvested from California.
Application Scientists Oliver Lerch, Ph.D. and Dominik Lucas from Gerstel discuss monitoring of contaminants in water as well as 3-MCPD and glycidol in edible oils.
Poultry farmers and bird keepers have been urged to take action on the threat of Avian Flu, including keeping areas clean and separating poultry species.
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a method using platinum to remove toxic mercury from contaminated water.
In your role as a food producer, you’re sure to face questions from the public, especially in the wake of recent high-profile cases of contamination, recalls and mislabelling. The UK’s IFST has produced information to pass on to customers, outlined here.
