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Low levels of irradiation can reduce pathogen levels, including the potentially deadly E. coli, in carcasses used for ground beef, claim researchers.
UK firm Create Flavours has developed an innovative method that it claims is capable of recreating more accurately the original flavour of strawberries.
A new chemical dispensing system can provide safer, easier and more economic extraction of chemicals from containers while helping to reduce costly spills, the manufacturer claims.
A nationwide campaign to remove artery-clogging trans fatty acids from the US food chain received another significant boost today, after popular fast food franchise Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) announced it is to switch to non-trans cooking oil.
The world needs an independent trade watchdog to properly regulate the international food supply chain if we as a society are to truly create a more sustainable and ethical food market.
Large increases in science graduates lauded by the UK government simply do not exist, the country's prestigious Royal Society has warned, adding more evidence of the threat to food industry research and development.
EU manufacturers have made significant changes to their recipes andprocesses but have achieved only "modest" reductions in acrylamidelevels, according to an industry expert.
Australia's government will work with industry to reduce trans fatty acids in Australian food, it announced this week, despite figures that suggest intake of the fats among the population is within safe limits.
A naturally-occurring bacteriophage that kills Listeria on foods has been approved for use oncheese products in the US.
About 5 per cent of mixed raw vegetable salads in the UK are contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to a national survey that uncovered two products with levels above the EU's regulatory limit.
The role of nanotechnology in food processing, monitoring, labelling, storage and distribution is the subject of a two day meeting that kicks off tomorrow in Amsterdam, Holland.
Except for the sheep in the uplands of Cumbria, Scotland and Wales, radioactivity levels in UKfoods are below EU guidance levels, according to an annual study by the country's food safetyregulator.
Spanish firm Ulma Packaging has increased its foothold in the bakery sector with the launch of new flow-wrapping equipment.
Bread has become the latest food group hit by a health scare following the publication of a scientific study linking the consumption of bread to kidney cancer.
French wine authorities have laid down plans to ban the controversial use of wood chips in higher quality appellation contrôlée wine, after the practice was approved by the European Commission.
Government researchers are helping to dramatically reduce Salmonella on pigfarms, part of a bid by the US agriculture department to prevent the pathogen from showing up at processing plants.
The UK food safety watchdog has revised its guidance on dairy hygiene in an attempt to defuse pending legal action from the EU, after allegations UK officials failed to protect the public from contaminated milk.
A new series of pneumatic valves solves many of the problems unique to polyethylene terephthalate (PET) stretch-blow molding operations, according to the manufacturer.
A new thermoplastic elastomer could increase shelf life significantly, claims its manufacturer.
A new programmable gravimetric diluter can reduce food lab technicians'workload while improving accuracy and traceability, its manufacturer claims.
A dose of bacteriophages can help ready-to-eat meat producing companies meet food safetystandards for Listeria, according to a university study.
Processors will be required to have a traceability system in place for packaging materials on 27 October 2006.
Dairy research and development in the UK has been systematically destroyed, warn two senior ex-officials, seriously damaging the potential for the country's industry to compete against foreign players.
The creators of novel, sonic wave processing technology for the food industry will look to build on a successful year by focusing on new developments in the brewing sector.
Deliberate sabotage of a product is a plant manager's nightmare, one that Allied Bakeries ishaving again and again.
Ingredients firm Lesaffre has created a new refrigerated liquid yeast preservation and distribution system for more efficient and simpler baking.
Reducing acrylamide might be a major issue in the food industry right now, but to consumers inGermany it is one that has not led a majority to change their behaviour, according to a new survey.
In a world of famine, the food industry has a lot to give.
The EU's food agency has reviewed 50 pesticides for safety, part of a process that would establish what agricultural chemicals are allowed to be present as residues inproduce and by how much.
An X-ray inspection system introduced into Europe this month, can detect foreign bodies in packed and unpacked fresh foods.
EU officials have filed legal proceedings against food safety authorities in the UK, alleging they failed to properly protect the public from contaminated milk at an English dairy.
Fonterra researchers have developed a flow cytometry test that can be used to assess the quality of milk powder.
The UK's food regulator wants to beef up its plant inspection system by focusing on problemprocessors.
A new bagmaker combines fast production speeds with a range of configurations, providing userswith a versatile form, fill and seal machine, its manufacturer claims.
Rows and confusion have soured relations between food safety bodies from the UK and European Commission, after EU member states agreed to ban products from a UK dairy.
Two food safety technologies for detecting and killing pathogens can cut costs for produce, fruitand vegetable processors, say researchers.
A DNA technique developed by researchers for use with meats could be used by processors as a certification method for their supplies.
Sometimes I just love eating fatty, greasy, unquestionably hazardous foods. But I don't like trans fats, that come as a by-product in some processed foods, and have been linked to high cholesterol and heart problems.
A new isolator that uses air circulation as a barrier to protect the aseptic filling of milk andother drinks allows non-stop production for up to three days, its manufacturer claims.
New additives for lubricants are designed for incidental food contact, and can be used for designing a wide variety of oils used by the sector, its manufacturer claims.
With pomegranate rapidly assuming the status of the new super fruit, a food laboratory hasreleased a testing system for determining its concentration in products.
The levels of metals found UK baby foods do not pose a health problem, according to the country's food safety regulator.
A new crust freezer on the market has been designed to hand delicate foodstuffs such as fish,other seafood and items such a mushrooms.
A new system for scanning multiple radio frequency identification (RFID) tags reduces the high error rate found in current systems, its manufacturer claims.
Food and drink processors might soon be under pressure to reduce the levels of ethyl carbamateand cyanides in their fermented products.
A new filling machine for carbonated beverages combines accuracy with speed and a potential tosave on energy, according to its manufacturer.
Over the last month, regulators, doctors and scientists have formed communications networks toget a better fix on the problems affecting food safety across the bloc.
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