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18 August 2016 | By Valerie Tear, Food Safety Consultant
Food fraud is a challenge, both to food businesses and consumers, and is a growing concern worldwide. Couple this with the introduction of allergens into the food fraud supply chain and the results can have devastating consequences. The impact of food allergens entering foods undetected through food fraud can be…
10 August 2016 | By Roy Manuell
Mass food allergen recalls to be reduced by ruling that grants FDA new powers of safety inspection.
5 August 2016 | By Roy Manuell
IKEA has expanded a recall, originally initiated in June, to a six further products due to the inadequate labelling of products containing almonds and hazelnuts.
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...
22 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The Food Allergy Science Initiative will help answer key scientific questions surrounding food allergies, the causes of which remain little-understood...
10 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Introducing peanut-containing foods during infancy as a peanut allergy prevention strategy does not affect growth and nutritional intakes, a study shows...
9 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The acquisition of Brooks Peanut Company strengthens Olam’s market position as the third largest peanut sheller in the US...
6 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Scientists from Jimei University have found that a type of commercial red algae, Gracilaria lemaneiformis, could help counteract food allergies...
9 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The number of products being withdrawn from shelves as a result of unreported allergens on packaging has grown 60% in the UK last year, according EMW...
When I started developing immunoassays for the detection of allergens in food, the first thing that struck me was the wide range of different food types or matrices that the assays had to work with...
27 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
More action needs to be taken in order to better protect people with food allergies, according to a report from a team of food safety experts...
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...
24 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Trace One says that transparency will become critical for the industry and consumers to know exactly and reliably what potential allergens products contain...
7 March 2016 | By Victoria White
A clinical trial has demonstrated the benefits of consuming peanut-containing foods early in life to prevent the development of peanut allergy...
9 December 2015 | By New Food
In this issue: Allergens, Confectionery supplement, Food Fraud, Mass Spectrometry, Microbiology, Dairy Supplement, Food Contamination roundtable, Shelf Life, Energy Efficiency, Application Notes...
