Biocides used in the food industry at sublethal doses may be endangering, rather than protecting, public health by increasing antibiotic resistance in bacteria and enhancing their ability to form harmful biofilms, according to a study ...
Tags: biocides, antibiotic resistance, food industry, harmful biofilms
SnackHealthy, Inc. today announced the Company has partnered with Hong Kong based Sterling Food Solutions, Ltd. for the distribution of its organic food products to Asia. SnackHealthy will begin shipping its organic milk, baby formula and ...
As China continues to rise as the new Asian powerhouse, there has been a steady stream of reports which have detailed the country's staggering lack of standards when it comes to producing manufactured goods, so it was only mildly shocking ...
Tags: pharmaceutical, manufacturer, gutter oil, antibiotics
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of China has prepared a draft and submitted it to the country’s top officials to consolidate domestic infant formula manufacturers as part of its efforts to boost consumption ...
Tags: Milk Powder, infant formula
The infant formula industry is in the spotlight again after the launch of a price-fixing investigation into foreign and domestic milk powder makers and intensified government efforts to consolidate a nationwide hodgepodge of producers. ...
Tags: Dairy Industry, infant formula
Rat meat passed off as lamb meat, dead pigs dumped in the Huangpu river, milk tainted with melamine and rice contaminated with cadmium – living in China, it sometimes seems like our food comes from the infamous factories of Upton ...
Tags: Domestic Firms, Food Safety
Paragon Quality Foods – the food manufacturer formerly at the centre of a row about pork in halal lamb burgers – has reported a 20% increase in turnover for the year ended February 28 2013. Paragon Quality Foods posted a ...
Tags: Food contamination, Paragon Quality Foods, Horsemeat crisis
In the year from September 8, 2011, to September 7, 2012, listeria monocytogenes in fresh cut onions, salmonella Braenderup in imported mangoes and undeclared milk in a nationally distributed snack bar sparked the most reports. A total of ...
Tags: FDA, Food Incident Update
Do you believe water can slice fragile material like cake or a sophisticated material like thick steel slabs? Have you ever imaged a bone surgery being conducted using water as a cutting tool? A jet of water, when pressurized up to 50,000 ...
Tags: Creative Uses, Waterjet Cutting
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced that it would launch a review into its handling of the horsemeat scandal. The food safety watchdog announced this at a board meeting in Cardiff. The independent investigation will be led by ...
Tags: Horsemeat Scandal, Food
Posted by Jack Mans, Plant Operations Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/16/2013 3:38:26 PM Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to kill deadly pathogenic bacteria, including listeria, in food ...
Tags: Packaging, Packaging Industry
Global pressure sensitive labelstock supplier UPM Raflatac has unveiled two adhesive upgrades in a bid to continue advances in migration safeguards in line with the EU 10/2011 regulation. According to the company, the regulation places ...
Tags: adhesives, food labeling, packaging
Pressure sensitive label materials supplier UPM Raflatac has announced the launch of two adhesive upgrades which are designed to prevent the substance migration from packaging components into food. The company noted that the launch is in ...
Tags: food, food contamination, Foodgloss, food contact
Researchers at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers have developed a new software-based methodology to help ensure the safety of packaging throughout the supply chain. The Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) ...
Tags: food packaging, food, packaging
US-based mass spectrometry products provider AB SCIEX has launched a new testing method for laboratories to test for and quantify dicyandiamide (DCD) in dairy products and other protein-rich foods. The company stated that the new method ...
Tags: AB SCIEX, mass spectrometry products, DCD, dairy products