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Researchers using a novel technique to distinguish between superior Arabica coffee and cheaper Robusta have uncovered a pattern of adulteration. Ten per cent of the ground roast coffee boasting pure Arabica contained significant levels of Robusta, the team from the Quadram Institute in Norwich found. Distinguishing between the two types…
Researchers have developed detection technology that allows a typical smartphone to analyse produce for deadly foodborne pathogens.
The study comes amidst debate over post-Brexit trade agreements and the possibility of countries insisting the UK import their chlorine-treated foodstuffs.
The suit filed against 90 coffee companies said they were violating a state law requiring them to list chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm.
The chemical has toxic effects on humans when eaten in large quantities.
The researchers used the fossilised algae as the base for a photonic crystal device that successfully monitored histamine in salmon and tuna.
The proposals are open for comment until July 3. They are due to be finally issued just four weeks later on July 29.
A partnership between Microsoft and Bühler has produced technology that stands to make a real difference to food safety and security worldwide.
The dairy industry in the U.S. has been urged to finish the phase-out of phthalates in plastic and rubber as the FDA is accused of being 'asleep at the switch'.
In this In-Depth Focus, Tania Portolés looks at how experts can expand the detection and quantification of contaminants in food samples and David Stadler and Rudolf Krska discuss the impact of lot-to-lot variation’s use on determining the accuracy of a multi-mycotoxin assay.
Dairy cows in several different states were found to have been infected with the strain which led to the hospitalisation of more than 40 people, making it hard for investigators to zero in on a source.
Researchers have called for microbial safety standards for the currently unregulated mould spores to prevent food spoilage.
The facts in the case of glyphosate are murky at the best of times, with each side accusing the other of either selective attention at best or evidence tampering at worst. In this latest development, it appears Germany has struck out on its own.
The tradition of chance meeting science continues after scientists 'inadvertently' engineer an enzyme better at breaking down plastics than its natural counterpart.
Food packaging could be negatively affecting the way in which the digestive tract operates, according to new research by faculty and students at Binghamton University in New York.
