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Some farm equipment is a source of toxic chemicals in dairy, study finds
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'.
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Transform your Food Manufacturing with APRIL Robotics
Our APRIL Robotics team are committed to dramatically improving productivity, food safety and traceability by using robotics and digital technologies to provide next generation food manufacturing preparation and processing systems...
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Labour and the role of automation in food safety
The UK food industry has always relied more on manual labour than our European competitors. Now the UK has to start taking automation seriously if it is to compete effectively in world markets. Rob Chester, Managing Director of Food for NSF International in the UK, considers the implications for food…
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New ISFET pH meter PCE-ISFET
The new PCE-ISFET pH meter from PCE Instruments has been designed for food applications. The glass free electrode makes it particularly safe to use in food production as no glass splinters can get into the food if the electrode breaks. Unlike glass pH electrodes, ISFET pH sensors are highly resilient…
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Clean Steam Infusion. Cook Fast and Fresh.
Do you need to expand your soup, sauces and ready meals production?
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Using electronic laboratory notebooks in the food and beverage industry
21 March 2018 | By Dassault Systemes BIOVIA
This webinar will discuss the key aspects of how the F&B lab can benefit from an ELN, with examples of successful customer deployments, as well as learning about how BIOVIA Notebook works.
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BAX® System Q7 – Precise, Powerful Molecular Pathogen Detection
To lessen the risk of costly recalls or brand-damaging headlines, food testing labs need fast, accurate and convenient tools for detecting the presence of pathogens in their raw ingredients, environmental samples and finished products. For decades, labs around the world have chosen the award-winning BAX® System as their preferred method…
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Genetic barcodes to fight fraudulent superfoods
Increased demand for certain medicinal plants for health foods has created a new and lucrative market for fraudsters. Researchers have developed a new lock and key technique to fight this ever-growing species of fraud.
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EU approves ‘cheese as raw material’ Dairy Association guidelines
The European Dairy Association said that its guidelines were intended to "harmonise and further improve food safety, consumer protection and legal certainty in the Single Market".
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Steak bite study could save meat industry millions
Using a texture analyser that mimics the human jaw, Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board experts have shown that cuts of muscle previously used for slow cooking are tender enough to be sold as fast cooking steaks.
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University creates new tool in fight against antimicrobial resistance
Researchers have created an online tool which gives dairy farmers and vets the means to closely measure and monitor their antibiotic use.
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Source tracking for the food industry
Recent advances in rapid, high throughput DNA sequencing have revolutionised the study of biology, and have the capacity to do the same for food safety and security.
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Materials and Articles in Contact with Food
The FSA appointed Fera NRL for Chemical contaminants in 2008 looking into Food contact materials, Dioxins and PCBs, Mycotoxins, PAHs and Trace elements.
