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Food fraud is everywhere. Dr. Neil Sharma, Head of Research and Product Development at InstantLabs, argues that it is by improving testing accuracy and frequency that we can help to stamp it out....
Food Fraud 2017 highlighted just how serious an issue food fraud has become. It's organised, criminal and widespread, but there are solutions that we must explore...
FSSAI will henceforth get access to database for food additives, food standards, food contact and contaminants from over 170 countries.
There is a pressing need to mobilise and integrate the wealth of knowledge from the international mycotoxin research conducted over the past 25-30 years, in order to perform cutting-edge research to close knowledge gaps. This is the mission of MyToolBox – a four-year project, funded by the European Commission from…
3 April 2017 | By BUNTING Magnetics Europe Ltd
5 key questions to ask before making a decision...
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.
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...
24 February 2017 | By Roy Manuell | Digital Editor
New Food brings you a 21st Century update on developments and improvements in food safety...
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…
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...
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...
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…
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.
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.
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.
