SCS Global Services (SCS), a provider of third-party auditing and certification of food quality and food safety claims, has expanded its food safety services for producers, food companies, and retailers. SCS new offerings - Harmonized ...
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The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Board of Directors approved the launch of a new food traceability center designed to protect and improve the global food supply. The Global Food Traceability Center will serve as an authoritative, ...
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PMMI: The Association for Packaging & Processing Technologies, which owns and produces the PACK EXPO family of trade shows, and Koelnmesse GmbH, organizer of trade fairs including Anuga FoodTec, are joining forces to promote their packaging ...
Chinese food companies are struggling to regain consumers' confidence in their products amid controversial food safety crises. Tainted milk powder, drainage oil, vegetables and fruits with pesticide residue, have remained some of the ...
The furore surrounding the horsemeat scandal seems to have settled for the time being. But let’s not forget an estimated 10M beef burgers, among other products, were removed from supermarket shelves across the country. Perhaps this ...
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Rat meat passed off as lamb meat, dead pigs dumped in the Huangpu river, milk tainted with melamine and rice contaminated with cadmium – living in China, it sometimes seems like our food comes from the infamous factories of Upton ...
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The United Nation (UN) food standards body Codex Alimentarius has set new standards on fruit, vegetables, fish and fishery products and animal feed to protect the health of consumers worldwide. Codex Alimentarius has also unveiled codes ...
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US-based 3M Food Safety has unveiled a new Molecular Detection Assay for Listeria monocytogenes, the fourth test from the Molecular Detection System which provides testing for pathogens in a variety of food matrices. According to the ...
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US-based manufacturer of process automation systems Key Technology has unveiled a new standard Iso-Flo conveyor and hygienic options for all other Iso-Flo vibratory conveyors at the Pack Expo event in Las Vegas. According to the company, ...
A new report suggests the agriculture and food industries should adopt automotive-style, just-in-time cross-border shipping practices to improve the flow of food products across the border. The report, An Economic Analysis of Agriculture ...
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Cattle on the Schilke Ranch in northwestern North Dakota, located on Bakken Shale. Photo: Jacki Schilke In the midst of the domestic energy boom, livestock on farms near oil-and-gas drilling operations nationwide have been quietly falling ...
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When the Great Recession hit in 2008/2009, consumers made shopping for values an epic, albeit mostly necessary, past-time. Many of their shopping behaviors have now become habits even though the economy has improved—and center-store ...
"Sales of new and refurbished pallets will expand by 3.5% a year through 2017 to 1.3 billion units, valued at $16.9 billion." That was the lead sentence in the recent report on the market for pallets in North America from the Freedonia ...
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A second foreign manufacturer of baby formula is planning price cuts amid an investigation by China's top economic planner. Dumex, part of France's Danone group, said Thursday it was preparing a price reduction proposal. On Wednesday, ...
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The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has criticized the European Parliament for approving the European Commission's proposal to temporarily remove 900 million CO2 emissions allowances from the market. According to the European ...
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