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22-Dec-2003
The food safety bug
An innovative new food safety technique using a virus is set to win an exclusive worldwide licence. This marks the first step towards the commercialisation of this unusual process, a...
19-Dec-2003
Longer-life packaging
Constar International, a leading producer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic containers, has successfully packaged Smirnoff Ice in high performance Starshield barrier PET bottles. The company claims that the material extends...
EU confirms new tagging law
The EU Council of Ministers has adopted a regulation on the identification and registration of sheep and goats as part of its ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of animal...
Cut the sugars to beat cancer-causing compound
Potatoes with low levels of reducing sugars could be the answer to fighting the formation of the potentially carcinogenic compound acrylamide in foods.
18-Dec-2003
Turkey technology
Bernard Matthews, a leading producer of fresh, chilled and frozen turkey products, is to install cutting edge maintenance and management software at all six of its facilities in the UK....
Proscuitto beckons for EFSA
By 2005 Geoffrey Podger and his team at Europe's first food agency could be swilling prosecco and eating proscuitto, if all goes well.
A New Year's resolution
Global drinks company Diageo has responded to consumer demands for better labelling of alcoholic drinks. The group says that it will begin providing consumers in the US with important product...
FSANZ, changes to food code
Infant formula to alpha-cyclodextrin via enzyme processing are all on the table as the nascent food authority in Oceania calls for comments on its food standards code.
Ginger remedy probably safe
Ginger, taken by pregnant women to ease morning sickness, appears to be safe for the foetus, report researchers, but they found it only had a mild effect on sickness.
17-Dec-2003
Seeing the UV light
Researchers working in Canada have discovered that an optimal UV irradiation system can be developed for individual food products, taking into account the UV transmittance of each product. These findings,...
Training opportunity
They say technology never stays still. As if to prove this adage, Vivid Learning Systems, a provider of web and intranet-based compliance and regulatory training programmes, has just announced its...
New traceability rules to increase litigation?
With tight new rules on traceability soon to hit European food manufacturers and retailers, European food lawyer Raymond O'Rourke examines the new legislation and the impact this will have on...
16-Dec-2003
BOC acquires safety portfolio
BOC, a developer of engineered solutions for the food processing industry, has acquired the food safety product portfolio of RGF Environmental Group. Those assets include a full line of food...
Norwegian salmon in the pink
The issue of food labelling, which has been a hot topic of late, has arrived in the ice cold waters of Norway. In the near future, salmon raised in certain...
15-Dec-2003
Dutch and Slovakians team up on safety
The Slovakian Ministry of Agriculture has announced a project to team up with the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality in an effort to help meet food safety...
Consumers prefer GM over conventional, new study
Set to fuel the debate on GM foods, a market experiment conducted in 2000 in Canada found that consumers preferred sweetcorn which had been engineered to be pest resistant over...
Ireland hosts European food safety event
Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi will soon hand over the reins of the European Presidency to Ireland's prime minister Bertie Ahern. Food safety should remain high on the agenda, and who...
European hurdles begin to clear for cholesterol-lowering foods
Marketing of cholesterol-lowering foods looks set to become easier with European bodies publishing favourable opinions on two plant sterol manufacturers last week.
11-Dec-2003
Key to the supply chain
The major issues affecting the food and drink industry supply chain were discussed at Ross Systems' recent annual users conference, Rossworld 2003. The global software provider touched on vertical industry-specific...
Food scientists, strength in numbers
Nurturing tighter relations across the globe in the domain of food science has motivated the UK's Institute of Food Science & Technology to link up with a range of national...
10-Dec-2003
Accreditation by 2005
The new chief executive of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) Ann Westby said yesterday that she wants all food laboratories dealing with the FSAI in Ireland to be...
09-Dec-2003
A COOL idea?
Global Technology Resources (GTR) has launched a new system designed to detect, track and manage food safety threats across the supply chain. Combining patented web-based global positioning system (GPS) technology...
Food poisoning bacteria focus
More than 40 per cent of bacteria found in chicken on sale in Switzerland is resistant to at least one antibiotic, say researchers publishing their findings this week in BMC...
Certified solutions
Sterilox Technologies' A-2000 sterilisation and disinfection generator has received food equipment safety certification from public health body NSF International. This certification is granted to food equipment and devices used in...
08-Dec-2003
Linking the chain
A leading producer of manufactured casings for food and non-food applications in the US has built up a global information system to improve business processes and information flow across the...
Protecting plant biodiversity
As heated debates on GM crops continue, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warns this week that despite its crucial importance for the survival of humanity, agricultural biodiversity is...
05-Dec-2003
Byrne cuts through the fear factor
Our response to food safety is often inconsistent and completely irrational. This was the message of European Commissioner for health and consumer protection David Byrne at yesterday's public debate and...
Farmers to control GM contamination, say MEPs
The Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament has adopted an own initiative report calling on the Commission to make farmers of genetically modified (GM) crops liable for the contamination of...
Round up ready safe, say EFSA scientists
After months of risk assessment scientists at Europe's first food safety agency have given the green light to Monsanto's herbicide-tolerant GM maize. NK 60 is as safe as conventional maize,...
04-Dec-2003
EFSA to open up
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) announced yesterday that it is to open up its work to public scrutiny. The most significant development will be the involvement of consumers and...
Bioterrorism, 8 days to go
As countdown begins, Natural Products Expo Asia, opening in Hong Kong this week, will run a free seminar focusing on the new bioterrorism regulations, set to impact all companies exporting...
03-Dec-2003
Screen test
Agilent Technologies has developed a high-resolution method for detecting genetically modified (GM) content in food products. The company says that researchers can use this method to rapidly screen samples before...
Hormone-charged debate
The European Community, Canada and the US have taken the controversial case of hormone-treated beef to the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) this month.
Salmonella in sprouts and safety in Europe
Six cases of salmonella in sprouts were reported in the US this week. The news comes but a few days after US agriculture secretary reports on a dramatic fall in...
02-Dec-2003
Pork plans
A far-reaching pig welfare strategy in the UK will have implications for pork processors everywhere. Greater access to information and comprehensive disease surveillance should produce better meat and help consolidate...
Firm analysis for fat content
Labelling issues for meat have just got easier, hails a Danish analysis equipment company that has come up with a new technology to measure fat content.
The ripple effect of food legislation
Tighter health and safety legislation in the EU and in the US is being felt around the world. For example, the Filipino government this week urged food processors in the...
Independence, openness, excellence - the lifeblood of the EFSA
If traceability is at the heart of new food labelling rules in Europe then the life blood keeping it beating must be risk management. On the eve of the first...
01-Dec-2003
All change in China
The Chinese government is to establish a digital monitoring system for agricultural food products to ensure food sanitation and safety. The move is designed to increase the country's export potential...
High glycemic foods, sucrose linked to birth defects
New research finds that a mother's diet rich in certain sugars could be strongly associated with risk of birth defects in offspring, even among non-diabetic women.
Dealing with unwanted 'foreign bodies'
Exacting legislation in Europe calls for cutting-edge technology to cope with the demands of processing. A new method coming out of Sweden is targeting manufacturers' concerns over 'foreign bodies'.
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