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Do you need a magnetic separator or metal detector?

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Do you need a magnetic separator or metal detector?

3 April 2017 | By BUNTING Magnetics Europe Ltd

5 key questions to ask before making a decision...

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Food packaging rules misleading and potentially dangerous, new research confirms

28 March 2017 | By New Food

Food packaging is not tailored enough to contents, a team from Université Paris-Saclay has found, and could be causing the spread of chemicals.

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New teardrop tube magnet from Bunting

1 March 2017 | By Bunting Magnetics

Bunting has developed a new design of Rare Earth Tube Magnet for use in removing fine iron from dry powders...

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An essential guide to food safety challenges in the 21st Century

24 February 2017 | By Roy Manuell | Digital Editor

New Food brings you a 21st Century update on developments and improvements in food safety...

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The perils of detecting pathogenic bacteria in foods

1 February 2017 | By Andrew Hudson

Testing foods for microbes may seem archaic when compared to testing for the presence of chemicals. After all, chemists get to use very expensive grey boxes with blinking lights and labelled with an alphabet soup of acronyms. Not only that, they can sometimes do screens of hundreds of analytes in…

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Testing foods for the presence of microbial contaminants

22 December 2016 | By J. A. Hudson; N. Cook

While there are relatively few microbial pathogens which are tested for in foods compared to the number of chemicals which might be sought, cheap, sensitive and rapid methods remain elusive...

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A hidden nightmare: Allergies, intolerance and food safety

17 November 2016 | By Rene Duchesne, Food Safety Manager, Cavalier Candies Ltd.

We ask Food Safety Manager Rene Duchesne to discuss the importance of precautionary measures in product manufacturing when working with allergens...

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Emerging contaminants in the water we drink

14 October 2016 | By Dr. Ulrich Kreuter, Technical Manager, NSF

People consume water from a wide variety of sources within the aquatic ecosystem and the control of contamination is an important issue, not only for human health, but also for the environment as a whole. The role fertilisers and pesticides play in changing aquatic ecosystems across the world is such…

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Metal detectable plastics use in cleaning tools and utensils

14 October 2016 | By Debra Smith, Global Hygiene Specialist, Vikan

Global Hygiene Specialist at Vikan, Debra Smith describes the use of metal detectable plastics in cleaning tools and utensils.

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Food grade lubricants – a food industry perspective

18 August 2016 | By Ricardo F Luna - Nestlé Product Technology Center

The aim of this article is to review the impact of Food Grade Lubricants (FGL) in the food industry and the implications for the manufacturers of FGL with ISO 21469:2006 ‘Safety of machinery-Lubricants with incidental product contact-Hygiene requirements’, as well as the compliance with relevant legislations.

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Salmonella risk reduced

26 July 2016 | By Stephanie Anthony, Editor New Food

A new report on Salmonella in eggs show that contamination risk has reduced since last report.

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Cross out contamination

24 June 2016 | By Bjorn Thumas, Director of Business Development at TOMRA Sorting Food

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 600 million people – almost 10 per cent of the global population – fall ill after eating contaminated food...

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Food for thought: EN ISO 11133:2014

20 June 2016 | By Dr. Andreas Bubert & Barbara Gerten from Merck KGaA

Dr. Andreas Bubert, Senior Global Product Manager for Culture Media Food & Beverage, and Barbara Gerten, Senior Scientist Traditional Microbiology, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (MilliporeSigma in the USA), discuss the new EN ISO 11133:2014 Quality-assured culture media for food and water testing to enhance consumer safety.

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EFSA reports 2014 data for veterinary drug residues in animals and food

26 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer

EFSA has reported data from 2014 for a range of veterinary medicines and contaminants found in animals and animal-derived food...

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FSA publishes list of food incidents handled in Q4 2015

31 March 2016 | By Victoria White

The list summarises alerts issued by the FSA to recall or withdraw products and includes information about foodborne outbreak investigations...

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