Advances in the use of LC/MS/MS for the Analysis of Antibiotics in Food
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Easy-clean design is a major priority for designers of processing equipment, say companies at Interpack introducing their latest innovations to the market.
Food ingredients that are key to low-fat foods are seeing the fastest growth in their sectors as the health and wellbeing trend continues, finds a new report.
The debate over whether biofuels are a major factor in rising food prices lugged on this week, with the Bush administration for the first time acknowledging there may be some truth to this.
Huge volumes of food waste could be diverted from land-fill sites and back to the table, if only there was proper attention was paid to processes and compliance with regulatory safeguards, according to an industry expert.
Food packaging will in the future have to offer more protection, greater flexibility and be simpler to produce, according to trends identified by Oman-based packaging group Octal.
Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly joining larger manufacturers in embracing voluntary food labelling, developed by the EU food and drink industry.
Demand for fat replacers is set to increase as health trends continue, with particular growth experienced in the meat and dairy sector, according to a new report.
Nanotechnology for food and food security are among the key issues affecting the natural food industry, according to the line-up of topics at this year's Organic Summit.
British food companies are by and large playing by the rules when it comes to providing information to consumers about the quality of the food they are eating.
Antioxidants are back under the microscope for all the wrong reasons. But the use of meta-analyses to pool data is controversial, and scientists need to keep perspective before publishing conclusions.
The German government is keeping industry guessing about its preferred scheme for nutrition labelling, performing about turns between favouring a traffic light scheme or guidance daily amounts (GDA).
BASF is planning to significantly step up production of its biodegradable plastic materials amidst growing demand from various industries including packagers.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says that the growing use of antimicrobial agents in food could be damaging human resistance to bacteria and other microbes.
Cobell, a UK-based nationwide fruit ingredient supplier, is aiming to step up local sourcing for its products by teaming up with a regional promotion agency in the South-West of England.
Air Products has commissioned a new study that will help food processors navigate their way through the potential minefield of meat chilling products.
The production of stable, cross-linked hydrogels could be possible by using the well-known Indian herbal genipin, suggest Indian researchers.
Silver nanoparticles could improve the safety of the world's food supply, according to a research project at Iowa State University.
The numbers of foodborne infections in the US have stagnated after a period of decline, indicating the need for further prevention efforts, a new report claims.
Ireland's food safety authority (FSAI) has published an updated report on the potential for transmission of zoonotic tuberculosis through the food chain.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Tuesday unleashed a proposed consumer safety bill that could force food manufacturers in the country to improve tracking of suppliers and processes.
Seven US poultry processing plants have switched to using air chilling equipment to meet EU import requirements for the product, with more expected to follow, according to USDA researchers.
Biochemicals company Purac has stepped up development in products that prevent growth of listeria bacterium as reformulation to cut salt content increases the risk of the food-borne illness.
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has appointed the Central Science Laboratory (CSL) as the central UK, expert body on contaminants in food, to help and advise the Agency across a range of food contaminant issues.
A newly devised software solution for warehousing could allow food processors to streamline their entire storage and distribution operations into a single more efficient system, according to the developer.
A manufacturer of case and tray packaging equipment for the food industry claims its latest development allows processors greater flexibility in packaging a variety of different products on the same machine.
Four antimicrobial substances used for decontaminating poultry carcasses do not affect consumer bacterial resistance to antibiotics, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said this week.
PakSense's temperature monitoring labels for fresh food products in transit are now easier to order and are delivered to customers more quickly, according to the company.
Studies are underway to investigate the use of galacto-oligosaccharides to protect animals from salmonella infection, both to reduce the risk of the bacteria entering the food chain and increase knowledge on prebiotics' benefits.
The common house fly may pose a threat to the safety of poultry products as they are able to spread salmonella poisoning to healthy hens, say researchers.
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