The Food Standards Agency in Wales is reminding consumers how they can avoid food contamination resulting from the re-use of plastic bags. According to the information published by the Welsh Government, there has been a 96% reduction in ...
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China has returned more than 70kg of imported Heinz infant formula products to Australia as they contained high levels of vitamin B2,which could result in adverse health consequences,according to China's top quality watchdog. The product ...
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DiFusion Technologies and German-based specialty chemicals company Evonik Degussa have collaborated to develop a PEEK based product, CleanFUZE, a new medical polymer that prevents infection and promotes bone and tissue integration. ...
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Marchetti Smallgoods is recalling leg ham from independent supermarkets in Victoria, Australia, due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination, according to the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). The product affected by the recall ...
MicuRx Pharmaceuticals has received a US patent from the USPTO covering the composition of its clinical candidate, MRX-I. The antibacterial oxazolidinone targets infections due to multi-drug resistant Gram-positive pathogens. MicuRx ...
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Quest Diagnostics has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Simplexa C difficile Universal Direct Test on the 3M Integrated Cycler. The test, which uses a proprietary chemistry that eliminates the need for nucleic-acid extraction, is ...
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MicroPhage has gained an additional FDA 510 clearance for its KeyPath MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test-BT. Blood test was initially cleared to diagnose and distinguish methicillin resistant and methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus ...
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True Diagnostics has gained CE-mark approval to distribute its TrueDX platform and quantitative thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) test in Europe. The TrueDX platform helps physicians to determine whether a patient suffers from a ...
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B.-d. Farm Paris Creek, a dairy products manufacturer in Australia, is recalling Organic Biodynamic Yoghurt Apricot due to microbial contamination (E. coli), according to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). This product was sold ...
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Bay Cuisine,a New Zealand meat firm,has recalled several of its products after tests revealed that they were linked to a Listeria outbreak that led to two deaths at a hospital. Bay Cuisine,which provides the food items to the ...
NanoMech, an international material science company and leader in nanotechnology innovation, is pleased to announce a partnership with KDH Defense Systems, Inc. to deploy technology that will keep soldiers and law enforcement professionals ...
Canada is planning to implement a law which makes the labeling of mechanically tenderized beef mandatory,as a part of its effort to ensure food safety. This move comes after mechanically tenderized beef products from XL Foods were linked ...
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US researchers have found that growth of Listeria on ready-to-eat(RTE)meat can be restricted when it is packaged with an oxygen scavenger or carbon dioxide generator. Jinru Chen and Aaron Brody of University of Georgia carried out the ...
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA)has announced the results of a study,which revealed that the tomato samples that were analyzed during routine testing were free of contamination and were safe for human consumption. The study ...
Mangoes imported from Mexico have been linked to a cross-border Salmonella outbreak, which may have led to more than 100 illnesses across US and Canada. California, Washington and Canada have reported illnesses associated with the same ...