Sweden-based food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak is all set to unveil new smart milk cartons that will change colour when left out of the fridge for too long. The cartons serve as an example of improvements in the $400bn ...
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The XL Foods facility in Alberta, Canada, which was at the center of a massive nationwide beef recall, has been ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to take immediate action to address some of the safety issues that were ...
Tags: massive nationwide beef recall, safety issues, beef products
Cargill Beef,a business unit of Wichita-based Cargill Meat Solutions,is recalling 29,339 pounds of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis,according to the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety ...
Tags: FSIS, beef, Salmonella, Enteritidis
The Canadian government has passed the Safe Food for Canadians Act,S-11,which has been designed to modernize,consolidate and add consistency to the country's food inspection system. The bill was tabled in the Senate in June.It passed a ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA)is set to be audited by the US Department of Agriculture(USDA),for the first time since 2009. As a part of the audit,which will be conducted later this month,a team of US officials will evaluate ...
US-based 3M Food Safety has announced that it has received AOAC-PTM Certification for the 3M Molecular Detection Assay Listeria for Environmental Testing from the AOAC Research Institute's Performance Tested Methods Program. The 3M ...
Jem-D International,a US-based provider of fresh vegetables,has employed AiroCide air sanitation system at its warehouse in Pharr,Texas. The company is using the technology in collaboration with its partner,Agricola El Rosal,a Mexican ...
The European Food Safety Authority(EFSA)has said that it is safe to use genetically modified(GM)oilseed rape in foods. Bayer CropBioscience developed oilseed rape,which is resistant to glufosinate-ammonium-containing herbicides,reported ...
The Hong Kong Center for Food Safety has alerted companies to stop selling and to recall the affected beef from XL Foods,a Canadian meat packing company. Shipments have been suspended for XL products which were produced on or after 24 ...
Tags: beef, CFIA, E.coli contamination, foods contaminated
Romer Labs,a global supplier of food safety diagnostics,has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of the food safety and GMO businesses of Strategic Diagnostics. The deal value is said to be$13.5m,according to a report in ...
Tags: food safety diagnostics, food pathogen detection, SDIX
FoodQuestTQ has launched three new computer software tools that have been designed to help food businesses establish quantitative risk management for food safety. According to the company, the software manages threats and risks associated ...
Tags: computer software tools, Food MapperTQ, Food Defense TQ, Food SafetyTQ
SafetyChain Software, a provider of safety chain management solutions, has announced that Quantum Foods, a protein supplier, has selected 'SafetyChain for Food' to improve food safety and quality. Quantum's business drivers for the ...
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Australian dairy company Mundella Foods has announced that it is implementing Intelex software to achieve Safe Quality Food (SQF) Level 3 certification, as a part of its effort to ensure food safety. The company noted that it will be ...
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Purac has launched new Listeria Control Model, an online predictive modelling tool designed to control Listeria. According to the company, the software combines a wide range of food parameters with more than 2,500 Listeria growth curves. ...
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3M Food Safety, a US-based provider of food safety solutions, has anounced that its new '3M Molecular Detection Assay – Salmonella' has received AOAC-PTM Certification from the AOAC Research Institute's Performance Tested Methods ...