A batch of canned sliced beef from Romania was found to contain horse DNA, and it has been withdrawn from sale. The UK Food Standards Agency was informed by the Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) after a routine food testing in September ...
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SCS Global Services (SCS), a pioneer and industry leader in third-party auditing and certification of food quality and food safety claims, announced expanded laboratory capabilities and competitive pricing under its new testing arm, SCS ...
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Leatherhead Food Research has inaugurated a new Chemistry Research Laboratory which retained its UKAS-accreditation for a wide range of food testing, including Group 1 and Group 2 nutrition, and a range of ELISA-based assays for allergens ...
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Global food and pharmaceutical products testing provider Eurofins Scientific has entered into an outsourcing agreement with French dairy firm Danone to acquire the latter's laboratory for infant nutrition analysis, Central Laboratories ...
ABC Research Laboratories, a leading food testing lab in the US, has announced that it has added the latest version of its Compusense software, in order to strengthen its food sensory panel evaluation and shelf life studies services. ABC ...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific, a US-based healthcare equipment provider, has announced that its SureTect Salmonella Species Assay has received Performance Tested Method from the AOAC Research Institute. The SureTect Salmonella species PCR ...
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ABC Research Laboratories has announced the development of a ‘quality assurance software platform’, which can increase the ability to investigate product recalls and improve QA efficiency in the supply chain. ABC Research ...
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Agilent will be hosting the Total Agilent Experience Symposium for the second time. This 3-city road-show will kick off in March 2013, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia before moving on to Singapore and finally, Bangkok, Thailand. To make their ...
US-based mass spectrometry products provider AB SCIEX has launched a new testing method for laboratories to test for and quantify dicyandiamide (DCD) in dairy products and other protein-rich foods. The company stated that the new method ...
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Bruker was a key sponsor of the inaugural OMICS Australasia 2012 Symposium, hosted by Murdoch University and supported by the Western Australian Department of Commerce and other industry sponsors. The symposium was held in Fremantle, Perth, ...
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Following Bruker’s recent introduction of the EVOQ™ liquid chromatography mass spectrometer (LC-MS/MS) four Application Notes have been released. The Application Notes examine the advantages of performing routine analyses on the ...
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Globe Food Equipment has introduced Digital Compact Five-Pound Portion Control Scale with Ingredient Bowl, a new addition to its weighing systems range. Economically designed for applications requiring correctly weighed ingredients, the ...
Tags: weighing systems, weighing of wet, dry ingredients, foodservice industry
US-based PathoGenetix, a developer of Genome Sequence Scanning(GSS) technology for rapid microorganism strain typing, has announced that it will deliver a proprietary technology in food safety testing, for availability in 2013. The GSS ...
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Tuv India,a subsidiary of German technical provider Tuv Nord,has entered into high-end testing services by constructing a food testing laboratory in Pune,India,with an investment of€5m. The new laboratory will be involved in the ...
Federation of Hotels and Restaurants'Association of India(FHRAI)-the apex body of the Indian hospitality industry-plans to set up inexpensive food testing laboratories in the country,in order to provide an affordable way to ensure safety ...
Tags: food testing laboratories, affordable way, safety, hygiene