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Gluten free cake mix shortlisted for prestigious UK food award
19 September 2016 | By New Food
A new gluten free baking company is in the hunt for a prestigious national UK food award, despite only trading for less than a year...
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MIH Marketing and Sales Recalls Meat and Poultry Products Due To Insanitary Conditions FSIS reports
12 September 2016 | By USDA
MIH Marketing and Sales is recalling over 660,000 pounds of various poultry products that were stored under insanitary conditions the FSIS reports...
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Hidden risks in your food
7 September 2016 | By Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Fraunhofer, Europe’s largest application-oriented research organisation report on the hidden risks we face everyday when eating as food allergies continue to rise....
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Allergen testing and risk management within food manufacturing
5 September 2016 | By New Food
Managing allergens remains a substantial task that is of utmost importance to ensure consumer trust is maintained. We pose questions to industry experts from Institute of Food Research, Unilever, SCIEX & Romer Labs...
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Atherstone Foods Recalls Poultry Products Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens
2 September 2016 | By FSIS
Atherstone Foods, a Richmond, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 422 pounds of chicken wrap products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens...
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Californian startup Nima to offer allergen testing on the go
31 August 2016 | By Roy Manuell, Digital Content Producer
Nima, an innovative Californian startup has developed a technology that will allow consumers to test products for gluten whilst on the move...
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Issue #4 2016 – Digital version
In this issue: Conveyors; Snack Foods; Baking; Regulation; Food Grade Lubricants; Sugar Reduction; Dairy Packaging; Allergens; Dairy Processing; Waste; and much more...
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Food allergens in the food fraud chain
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…
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FDA ruling strives to cut allergen recalls
10 August 2016 | By Roy Manuell
Mass food allergen recalls to be reduced by ruling that grants FDA new powers of safety inspection.
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IKEA recall a further six products in allergy scare
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.
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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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New initiative to investigate the science underlying food allergy
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...
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Peanut allergy prevention strategy is “nutritionally safe”
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...
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Olam acquires Brooks Peanut Company for $85m
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...
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Red algae could help fight food allergies
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...
