Some of hungry partygoers at your Memorial Day gathering this weekend might be crying out, Where's the beef!?! But from a food-safety perspective, a more salient question is, How well done is the beef? That's because some steaks and other ...
The Guangdong Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (GDCIQ) has suspended export of poultry products from certain areas to Hong Kong over a suspected case of H7 sub-type avian influenza (AI) in a poultry sample taken from a market ...
China’s government officials began the year with assurances to the world that 2013 would mark a new era of food safety. The bureaucrats were still patting each other on the back, when in March, a flotilla of 16,000 dead hogs bobbed ...
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Food Packaging requires protection, tampering resistance, and special physical, chemical, or biological needs. It also shows the product that is labeled to show any nutrition information on the food being consumed. It is ...
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Norway needs to improve its import control system and veterinary checks of products of animal origin coming in to the country, according to the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The agency found that it is not guaranteed that all ...
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The Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates (ROFDA), a leading cooperative of independent food wholesalers in the US, has selected track and trace technology from ReposiTrak, as part of its plan to strengthen food safety. The ...
Canada-based Maple Leaf Foods has revealed the details of its sustainability and community outreach efforts to date with a particular focus on 2012. The highlights of Maple Leaf's sustainability efforts include economic contributions, ...
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US-based BJ's Wholesale Club has selected FoodLink - a fresh food commerce and traceability platform, to assist in the sourcing and purchasing of fresh produce across BJ’s 15-state chain. FoodLink connects the perishable goods ...
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Adhesives manufacturer Henkel has announced the launch of a new initiative ‘Food Safe Packaging Europe’, which has been aligned to enhance safety in food packaging. With its new information platform, the company intends to ...
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The cash, which originates from the FSA’s Strategic Planning Programme, will be channelled through the TSB’s Nutrition for Life – Providing Safe and Healthy Food competition. “The competition will fund ...
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The study in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture states deploying bacteriophages –types of virus – directly on to food to attack and kill harmful bacteria is becoming more popular. Recent studies “strongly ...
Acadian Fine Foods, an establishment based in Louisiana, is recalling approximately 17,037 pounds of pork stew and chicken stew products as they contain whey and soy which are not mentioned on the product label. According to the US ...
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The US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have conducted a study to better understand the risks associated with certain foods prepared in retail delicatessens. ...
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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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PMMI, the owner and producer of PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2013 (September 23-25; Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV), announced that exhibit space in The Processing Zone has sold out. The packed pavilion, located in the South Hall, will ...