Homefree has revamped the look of its line of gluten free allergy friendly multiple-award-winning cookies. The blue package is now white with a bright colored bar for each flavor, and with a multitude of inclusive and healthful attributes ...
Clear Labs, the new standard for molecular food quality, launched from stealth today and announced a $6.5m Series A financing round with participation from Khosla Ventures and Felicis Ventures, among other strategic investors. Clear Labs ...
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Sweden-based packaging company ifoodbag has completed tests on its new carrier bags that are capable of keeping food items frozen for up to 24 hours. The water-resistant carrier bags, trials of which began last year, have been produced ...
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ParTech (PAR), a subsidiary of PAR Technology Corporation, has announced the new PAR SureCheck Advantage. The SureCheck Advantage is an IoT (Internet of Things) mobile solution designed for food quality and task management. With the ...
Tags: all-in-one device, food safety environment, cutting edge technology
America's PerkinElmer is set to acquire Perten Instruments Group, supplier of advanced analytical instruments for quality control of food, grain, flour and feed. The net purchase price of the deal is around $266m and the transaction is ...
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Hazard analysis and critical control points or HACCP is a systematic preventive approach to food safety from biological, chemical, and physical hazards in production processes that can cause the finished product to be unsafe, and designs ...
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Good agricultural practice (GAP) are specific methods which, when applied to agriculture, create food for consumers or further processing that is safe and wholesome. While there are numerous competing definitions of what methods constitute ...
An increase in food prices changed dietary patterns of both high and low-income societies in past decades, parallel to an increase of cancer, an expert says. Dr. Sandra Crispim, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Sao Paulo, ...
Tags: increase in food prices, changes in food quality, impact meal frequency
Global Logistic Properties Limited (“GLP”), the leading provider of modern logistics facilities in China, Japan and Brazil, is expanding its relationship with COFCO, China’s largest supplier of agricultural and food ...
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Researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) are developing quality control systems for unprocessed and processed food items using infrared technology. Funded by an Australian Research Council grant, the project is aimed ...
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The Netherlands ranked No. 1 in the world for plentiful, nutritious, healthy and affordable food, while the United States tied for 21st with Japan, Oxfam says. Raymond C. Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America, said its index looks at ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Healthy Food
Despite affordable prices and high food quality, the United States tied with Japan for 21st place in a ranking of the world's food systems, according to the international advocacy confederation Oxfam. The report, released Tuesday evening, ...
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Global bioplastic packaging market is anticipated to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 19.85% during 2013 and 2018, according to a report from the Research and Markets. The increase is mainly due to the rising concern for ...
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The 1998 Major League Baseball season will forever be remembered for "The Chase," first by Ken Griffey, Jr., and finally between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, to top Roger Maris's home-run record of 61. "The Chase" brought beer-drinking and ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Throughout history, people have tried to come up with a way to keep perishable foods fresh. Until the early 19th century, the only options were pickling, salting, drying or smoking these provisions. Although these methods preserved ...
Tags: Canned Food, Canned Meat