Advances in the use of LC/MS/MS for the Analysis of Antibiotics in Food
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An EU-funded project into maternal exposure of certain chemicals found in foods could lead to more effective food regulations.
Associated British Foods has become the latest manufacturer to show concern over rising energy prices and the competitive retail environment - but insists half-year profits will be in line with expectations, boosted by its clothing division.
The deadly bird fu strain H5N1 has spread to 17 new countries in February alone, says the World Health Organisation, re-iterating to consumers that poultry is still safe to eat.
A newly developed label from KSW Microtec will enable food firms to more closely monitor the temperature of their products on the journey from production line to consumer, its inventor says.
The EU's poultry association has joined in the criticism of the European Commission for approving the vaccination of poultry flocks in the Netherlands and France.
Scientists in Australia have made a breakthrough in the quest to genetically engineer the perfect dairy herd by discovering how to multiply and isolate stem cells found in cow embryos.
In an ominous sign for processors and the public, France has slaughtered turkeys at a farm suspected of being infected with the deadly form of avian influenza, possibly marking the first time the disease has spread to domestic stock in the EU's largest poultry producer.
The EU's controversal approval of decisions by France and the Netherlands' to start vaccinating their poultry highlights the fault lines in the bloc's response to avian influenza.
Setting dosage levels for irradiating bacteria based on lab tests may be incorrect when used on the tougher pathogens found in plant conditions, leading to a food safety issue, according to a scientist researching the problem.
Inconsistencies in information provided by McDonald's over the allergen content of its French fries have resulted in the fast food giant facing a public relations nightmare together with possibly unfounded lawsuits.
An EU-funded research project has developed micro and nanotechnology portable devices to detect toxins, pathogens and chemicals in foodstuffs on the spot.
Faced with the prospect of losing its lucrative market for Melton Mowbray pies, Northern Foods might get hit again as Cornish pasties attempt to get the same protection under the EU's geographical indications system.
Aided by a common protozoa, Salmonella cells are three times likely to survive the treatments used by food processors to clean equipment, according to a scientific study.
New methods need to be develop to prevent Campylobacter in transport coopsand during carcass defeathering, critical points at which contamination ofbroilers and broiler carcasses occurs, according to new research.
With the licensing of three equipment manufacturers in the US and Europe, a company's quick sterilization technology for canned foods has gone from prototype to market launch.
The deadly form of avian influenza has hit Europe's largest poultry producer, with France's government confirming over the weekend that the H5N1 form of the virus was found in a dead duck and possibly some swans.
The EU's food safety regulator has published an action plan to prevent foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease from entering the bloc again, calling for more controls on the import of animals, meat and meat products.
Produce Safety & Security International (PSSI) plans to produce prototype units for its ozone gas disinfectant process.`
The fear "psychosis" caused by avian flu is devastating Italy's poultry sector, with consumption falling by 70 per cent in the country, the Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori reported yesterday.
More supplies of beef and pork are expected to come on the market as the EU's as the reform to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) takes hold and export restrictions on the UK are eased, according to a forecast report on the bloc's livestock sector.
Germany yesterday became the fifth EU member country to report finding the deadly form of bird flu in wild birds, while Hungary is also testing 12 others found dead within its borders.
Regulation of the use of irradiation in the food sector is inconsistent around the world and within the EU's borders, according to a legislative overview of the technology, published yesterday.
Regulations on traceability and food safety are driving Europe's food companies towards automation and control networked systems, a new study says.
The impact innovative packaging can have on a food processors' market is demonstrated through this roundup of recent products, which features Amcor's antimist system and RPC's squeezable bottle.
Get ready for the impact of avian influenza, as the disease has been conclusively found in wild birds in Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Azerbaijan over the weekend.
A dust-tight batch sifter, constructed with stainless steel housing, is designed to meet the most stringent food, dairy and pharmaceutical standards, according to its manufacturer.
In a bid to return its European operations back to an acceptable level of growth, Unilever today put up for sale most of its underperforming frozen foods businesses, which includes four manufacturing plants.
The UK's chilled food association has issued new "best practice" guidelines, reflecting the increased EU requirements on food safety.
Although food safety is low on the list of European consumer concerns, about 40 per cent of them believe that their health could be at risk from the food they eat.
Groundbreaking research in the UK will determine whether a link between obesity and the distance to the nearest fast food outlet can be made.
An automated visual system for sorting parts and a spiral freezer that saves on space are two of the latest products on the market for the poultry processors.
A clay-coated, bleached white paperboard designed to meet food safety requirements offers companies another option when choosing packaging material for their products.
ConAgra Foods has announced that it is to sell most of its refrigerated meats businesses, in a deal worth almost $2 billion, as it attempts to streamline its operations.
South Korea has banned pork imports from Belgium and the Netherlands after feed given to pigs and poultry there was found to be contaminated with harmful dioxins.
The European Commission has set maximum levels for dioxins and PCBs in food as fears grow in three EU countries, where pig and poultry feed was found to be contaminated with the family of cancer-causing chemicals.
With less seafood being reaped from the EU's rapidly depleting stocks, processors are sourcing more imports from outside the bloc for their supplies.
Europe's dioxin crisis has widened, with food regulators in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany placing quarantines on hundreds more pig and poultry producers that received contaminated feed.
An industrial steamer uses superheated water instead of chemicals to zap bacteria dead.
Reducing paperwork and consolidating laws could save industry about £200m (€293) in the first year, the UK's food regulator said in publishing a plan to simplify legislation.
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