Brazilians meat firm JBS expects to complete the acquisition of key XL Foods assets within a week, and is seeking regulatory approval to handle the stricken Canadian group's US operations. JBS said today (10 January) it expects to ...
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Alberta has given exemption from foreign land ownership rules to JBS, which makes it one step closer to buying XL Foods meat plant in Brooks, Alberta. The XL Foods plant in Brooks Alberta was earlier closed due to the recall of its ...
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Spiral-wound ultrafiltration performance has been enhanced for direct drinking water treatment through improved operational procedures, as a feasible option for the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region in Brazil. Specific operational procedures ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced that ingredients used in the burgers manufactured by Cardinal Meat Specialists Limited are not tainted with E. coli O157:H7. The agency conducted investigation into ingredients used ...
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Taiwan-based Kee Fresh and Safe Foodtech has unveiled a food processing factory that consists of high pressure processing (HPP) machinery in Pingtung county of southern Taiwan. The company has invested about NT$495m ($17m) for the ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed that the illnesses reported in Ontario and Alberta are linked to Butcher's Choice burgers, which were recalled over E. coli O157:H7 risk. The burgers were produced by Cardinal Meat ...
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Alere Inc received confirmation that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Techlab® Shiga Toxin Quik Chek test for the US market. Shiga Toxin Quik Chek is the only rapid diagnostic available that can detect Shiga ...
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New England Biolabs, a provider of enzymes for molecular biology applications, has launched a new Gibson Assembly Cloning Kit using Gibson Assembly approach. The kit is built by combining the Gibson Assembly Master Mix along with NEB ...
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US retailer Safeway Inc has joined the recall of ground beef products supplied by XL Foods over fears that it could be contaminated with e-coli. Ground beef sold at the self-service meat counter and full-service meet cooler at Safeway ...
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US retailer Safeway Inc has joined the recall of ground beef products supplied by XL Foods over fears that it could be contaminated with e-coli. Ground beef sold at the self-service meat counter and full-service meet cooler at Safeway ...
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An outbreak of e. coli in Japan, reportedly linked to pickled cabbage, has killed seven people and sickened more than 100 others. The epidemic, which has hit the prefecture of Hokkaido, has resulted in the deaths of six elderly nursing ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has allowed XL Foods to re-open the facility at the centre of an e. coli scare after an assessment of its food safety controls. XL Foods has had its suspension lifted by CFIA and is now licensed ...
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Canadian Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz has said the XL Foods plant at the centre of an E.coli outbreak will only re-open when there is written proof that there is no health risk from its products. XL Foods in Alberta had its ...
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Cold plasma technology can kill E.coli microbes within packaging, so proving a useful tool in situations of post processing contamination, according to researchers. An study in the Journal of Applied Microbiology claims that a ...
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The Public Health Agency of Canada has XL Foods beef plant in Alberta has been linked to a new E.coli contamination case. The consumer was affected last month and is still recovering. This will take the total number of people affected ...
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