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Is that water safe?
04-Mar-2003 - For food and beverage companies, testing water samples for the presence of coliforms is one of the most important preventative measures in the battle against...
Lock previews frequency detector
03-Mar-2003 - Lock Inspection Systems' 3f triple frequency detector for food processing applications will be making its first appearance at Anuga Foodtec this year. The Triple frequency...
Microbial detection system launched in Europe
03-Mar-2003 - Oxoid has launched the DuPont Qualicon RiboPrinter microbial characterisation system for the European and Australian food processing markets - a system which is claimed to...
Thinkage improves quality assurance
27-Feb-2003 - Thinkage, a BOC food ventures company, has introduced a new quality assurance system which replaces paper-driven reporting in food plants with computerised technology. The system,...
Speeding up E. coli testing
26-Feb-2003 - BioControl has introduced a new system designed to help companies test for E. coli O157:H7 in just a fraction of the time offered by other...
Check It out - a new food hygiene test
24-Feb-2003 - Checking whether a surface has been cleaned effectively need no longer come down to a visual inspection. Biotrace International, a leading manufacturer and supplier of...
New quality assurance module for WineScan
21-Feb-2003 - Foss, the Danish based quality assurance equipment provider, has announced the relaunch of its Winescan sampling and testing system with an improved quality assurance module....
Is tough meat about to become a thing of the past?
19-Feb-2003 - Scientists claim that more tender beef is just around the corner, a move that will make the processing of beef products easier as well as...
Foss improves milk quality assurance
19-Feb-2003 - In order to make the analysis of milk samples easier, Foss has improved the quality assurance abilities for its existing milk testing equipment. Known as...
Raisio expands it presence in food diagnostics
17-Feb-2003 - Raisio has placed a public offer to acquire all shares in Diffchamb, the Swedish based company specialising in diagnostics and testing equipment for processed foods....
Cintex previews latest X-ray technology
14-Feb-2003 - The UK division of Cintex, a leader in the design, production and manufacturing of food contaminant detection equipment, is to preview its latest low-cost X-ray...
Device to detect mad cow disease?
13-Feb-2003 - Australian company Gradipore claims that it has developed a new technology to remove the protein that causes mad cow and other neuro-degenerative diseases from blood...
Perfecting bottle production
13-Feb-2003 - Agr has launched its Magnetic Bottle Thickness Gauge (MBT) to add to its line of container inspection and measurement products. The MBT is a portable...
Leakage detection system
12-Feb-2003 - EMP Industries, a leading designer and manufacturer of custom machinery, has launched a Package Testing System (PTS) primarily aimed at liquid packaging. PTS is a...
Test breakthrough for peanut allergen
07-Feb-2003 - Life for people allergic to peanuts might just have got easier with scientists in the UK announcing this week that they have developed a test...
Tasting unwravelled
07-Feb-2003 - Although sweet, bitter and umami (monosodium glutamate) tastes are different, researchers are finding that information about each of these tastes is transmitted from the various...
Oils and waxes - no health risk
03-Feb-2003 - The health of the consumer is unlikely to be affected by the transfer of oils and waxes from food packaging into food, finds a recent...
Strategic Diagnostics launches testing kits
29-Jan-2003 - Strategic Diagnostics, a leading provider of antibody products and analytical test kits for the food safety and water quality markets, has completed evaluations performed by...
Rise in diseased fruit and veg investigated
28-Jan-2003 - A rise in reported outbreaks of foodborne diseases such as Salmonella, E. coli, shigellosis, and hepatitis A from eating fresh fruit and vegetables has prompted...
SCA establishes temperature assurance division
24-Jan-2003 - In the US, Tuscarora, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swedish group SCA and a division of SCA North America, has formed a new division that will...
FDA discusses bioterrorism
14-Jan-2003 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to hold a public meeting to discuss proposed regulations regarding aspects of the new Bioterrorism Act. Two...
Lubricant companies consolidate
10-Jan-2003 - Anderol and Royal Lubricants, global suppliers of lubricants for the processing industries, have consolidated under the Anderol name to create one global product line. Anderol...
Poultry screening technology to be commercialised
06-Jan-2003 - In the US, Georgia Tech Research Institute has agreed to allow Thinkage to commercialise the university's new machine-vision poultry screening system. The agreement will allow...
Preferences, microbes and terrorism drive food research
06-Jan-2003 - Consumer preferences and the demand for, and reliance upon, safe food will drive research efforts by food scientists in the coming years according to the...
Tester for heat sealed food lids
06-Jan-2003 - Lloyd Instruments, a UK-based market leader in the field of materials testing, has developed a fixture specifically to test the peel strength ofheat sealed plastic...
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