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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Patients with spinal cord injuries and other forms of paralysis have reason to be optimistic, thanks to recent advances in the use of spinal-cord stimulator devices to regain some lower limb function. A recently announced study reporting ...
The EU's Food Information Regulation, adopted in September 2011, replaces Food Labelling Regulation, and has been designed to simplify labelling by streamlining existing legislation into a single EU regulation. While it is good news for the ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Food Packaging
Meredian, a privately held biopolymer manufacturer, received a Food Substance Contact Notification approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This approval certifies that certain biopolymers expertly crafted by ...
23andMe, the Mountain View, CA–based consumer DNA testing company that got in hot water with FDA over its lack of PMA approval for its testing for various medically significant genes, now seems to have backed off in its claims enough ...
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Afrezza hopes that its inhalable insulin product will be a gamechanger for diabetics. (Image courtesy Afrezza). Insulin injections may soon be a thing of the past if Mannkind Corp.'s inhalable insulin product, Afrezza, is approved by ...
A spinal stimulator from Medtronic designed for chronic pain management helped four patients with paralyzed lower limbs to regain some control over their legs. In four men who had been paralyzed from the waist down, the RestoreAdvanced ...
An open can is not portable. A resealable one is. Actega and Dayton Systems Group have created a pretty significant milestone in the history of the drink can. The patented two-piece can and dome design is engineered to attach to standard ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Shatters Glass
Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) today released a statement saying that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently proposed changes on product label of processed food sold in the US market. The main ...
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Medical device contract manufacturer Norman Noble, Inc. today announced Noble S.T.E.A.L.T.H. (System To Enable Ablation Laser Technology Haz-Free), an exclusive, athermal laser machining process that represents an advancement of several ...
Canadian packaging products manufacturer Cascades has designed EVOK brand polystyrene foam food tray for poultry processing firm Exceldor. Designed for packaging meats, poultry, fish and seafood, as well as fresh fruit and vegetables, ...
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While many media outlets are headlining the top-line numbers in today's FDA report that show that the number of medical device recalls have nearly doubled in the last 10 years, a look underneath the surface reveals that the rate of recalls ...
Fannie May Confections Brands, Inc. ("Fannie May") is recalling 19 units of its 14.0 oz., rectangle box of spring wrapped assorted chocolates because the box includes one piece of candy that contains peanuts, a known allergen, and the food ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration(FDA)has issued alert on certain Simply Lite brand dark chocolate products as they contain milk,which is not mentioned on the label. The agency found more than 3,500 parts per million of milk protein ...
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Just when Hospira Inc.'s Rocky Mount, NC–manufacturing facility was starting to think it could breathe a little easier, FDA delivered another Warning Letter. The Lake Forest, IL-–based manufacturer of pharmaceuticals, other ...
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