The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published the second round of the food industry’s own tests, which were carried out over the last three weeks. The tests revealed that a total of three samples contained horsemeat. A ...
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Rigid plastic packaging supplier Holfeld Plastics has received approval from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for its Diamat technology, which involves consecutive extrusion processes for decontamination efficiency of polyethylene ...
Microbes lurk almost everywhere, from fresh food and air filters to toilet seats and folding money. Most of the time, they are harmless to humans. But sometimes they aren't. Every year, thousands of people sicken from E. coli ...
c, a US-based private equity investment firm, has announced that it has made an investment in SGF Produce Holdings, the parent company of Sunrise Growers~Frozsun Foods. SGF Produce, an affiliated portfolio company of Sun Capital Partners, ...
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Plastic closure manufacturer Bericap Brazil has received the FSSC 22000 and ISO 22000 Certificate for Food Safety Management System. According to the company, the ISO-based certification is internationally accepted certification scheme ...
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A national campaign to establish a ‘Made in Britain’ logo that can be applied to all products manufactured in the UK is gathering force. Eat the flag: Made in Britain aims to boost the sale of British goods Since it was ...
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FPL Food, a US-based establishment, is recalling around 5,820 pounds of ground beef chuck as they may contain small pieces of plastic, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The product ...
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Michigan Technological University (MTU) researcher Jaroslaw Drelich has developed a new copper-based antimicrobial compound which can make the food supply safer. Drelich, a professor of materials science and engineering, has developed a ...
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Ben-Lee Processing of Kansas is recalling ready-to-eat and heat-treated bacon and ham products as they were produced without a Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP) plan, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s ...
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Krones, A&D Australasia, BASF and Festo are just four of the 270 companies who will be exhibiting at AUSPACK PLUS 2013. Krones Pacific will be showcasing the KSB 6R series on stand 616. The KSB 6R series are PET blow-moulding machines ...
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Armenia Food Safety Service, a governing body of The Government of the Republic of Armenia, has lifted the ban imposed on imports of alcoholic beverages from the Czech Republic. Earlier in autumn 2012, Czech authorities associated ...
California Giant Berry Farms has signed an agreement with FoodLink to provide traceability data and smartphone friendly labels, through its item-specific tracking solution on every carton of the company’s strawberries grown in the US. ...
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Hot Springs Packing of Arkansas is recalling approximately 6,120 pounds of chicken polish sausage and chicken breakfast as they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food ...
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US-based Specialty Process Engineering Company (SPEC) has completed the startup phase of Ridgeland Fiber’s new ingredient manufacturing facility in the US. Ridgeland Fibers is a division of Sweetener Supply, which is a manufacturer ...
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California Giant Berry Farms has selected FoodLink to provide traceability data and smartphone friendly labels on every carton of its strawberries grown in the US. Under the deal, FoodLink will develop QR coded labels for clamshell ...