Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association (CCFRA) has
produced a CD-Rom to provide food industry managers with a
reference tool and training aid on the microbiological safety of
foods.
Primary Production and Processing (PPP) Standards for poultry &
meat, and further possible industries, are to be revised by Food
Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ).
Sensor Wireless has partnered with WebTech Wireless to provide a
new GPS tracking and web based monitoring system aimed at the food
and beverage industries.
A recent study provides strong evidence that process industry
automation users are frustrated with the low success levels
provided by current plant production management strategies.
A major technology breakthrough that allows the remote monitoring
of retail vending machines in realtime has been made possible using
the Alarm Telelog from UK-based Jekyll Electronic Technology.
Methods of cooking can cause vegetables to lose their
cancer-fighting compounds, new evidence published in the Journal of
the Science of Food and Agriculture claims microwaving to be the
biggest culprit.
The global leader in factory and process automation solutions,
SICK, announced today its new control unit for safeguarding
operations on larger and more complicated machinery.
The US FDA has published two of the major interim final regulations
implementing the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response Act in the Federal Register.
Seal-it-Systems (SIS) have recently launched a compact vacuum
chamber designed specifically for the testing of sealed containers
such as yogurt pots and other products that require an air-tight
seal.
The UK's Food Standards Agency has published details of an
investigation and audit carried out by UK scientists which shows
discrepancies in current testing methods for shellfish toxins.
Around 30 industry and governmental experts from Central and
Eastern European candidate countries (CEEC's) are meeting this week
for a seminar on food safety.
Lock Inspection Systems has announced that ready meals manufacturer
Country Chef has become the first Belgian company to invest in its
triple frequency metal detector.
The CIAA is currently holding a seminar which aims to bring
representatives from both Central and Eastern Europe together in an
effort to forge a cohesive plan for an EU safety programme which
will match up to future enlargement.
With imminent legislation on food allergen labelling due to crack
down in 2005, ambitious biotech company Eurofins is hoping to grab
a slice of the market with a multiple screening test.
The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued further warnings as
a part of its continuing investigation into products on the UK
market containing the chemical dye Sudan I.
Having just published its annual report for 2002, the Food Safety
Authority of Ireland has outlined acrylamide and food chain safety
as the key issues it hopes to concentrate on in the 2003/2004
period.
Millions of animals could be needlessly slaughtered and billions of
dollars lost unless the world backs an international science team
to develop new tools to fight foot-and-mouth disease.
Ten maize meal products have been voluntarily withdrawn from sale
in the UK after tests showed that they contained high levels of
toxins called fumonisins.
Scanvaegt has launched a new system aimed at reducing give-away in
poultry processing. The DreamBatcher is said to substantially
reduce wastage by enhancing the efficiency of the packaging
processing.
Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) is to launch a new pesticide
detection service for the food industry. The new service is being
offered in partnership with an approved third party laboratory.
A new spectrophotometer called 'Chameleon' has been launched by
Spectroscopic and Analytical Developments, designed to analyse the
contents of finished food and beverage products.
Next month two subsidiaries of the Denmark based Foss Group - Foss
Electric and Foss Tecator, will be merged in an effort to maintain
future growth for the food analysis company.
Parties interested in forging ahead with GM foodstuffs in the UK
have a battle on their hands as the widest public debate ever held
in Britain finds an overwhelming percentage of people uneasy.
The European Commission has resolved to ensure that the same
standards of food safety apply to all products, regardless of
origin. Commissioner for health and consumer protection David Byrne
said that food imports into the EU should...
A report from Dow Corning claims that billions of euros are lost
each year because of unnecessary repair work which has to be
carried out on processing equipment that has not been sufficiently
lubricated.
The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) says contrary to media reports
yesterday it has not issued an official health warning about the
Atkins diet, or linked it to increased risk of obesity and cancer.
A new product from Emerson Process Management is enabling steam in
place (SIP) cycle time reductions of typically 20 per cent on fully
monitored plant installations.
Materials testing specialists, Lloyd Instruments, has passed its
Transition Audit from ISO 9000:1994 to ISO 9001:2000, which gives
the company TickIT accreditation for software excellence.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is planning to commission new
research comparing the nutrient value and pesticide residue content
of key organic and non-organically produced fruit and vegetables.
Chadwicks of Bury, the UK's largest heat seal, pre-cut lid
manufacturer, has received approval from the US Food and Drug
Administration for its state of the art facility.
Good news for food manufacturers and ingredients companies in the
dairy market with findings revealing that many consumers are
willing to pay more for dairy products marketed as organic or
natural.
How can Europe's infant food safety body function without staff?
For the newly elected board of the European food Safety Authority
this question was the central debate when they met yesterday in
Brussels.
Six months after a permanent ban on the use of the food additive
E425 in jelly confectionery, food safety agency finds these illegal
products for sale in the UK.
With tough new rules on food traceability entering into force in
Europe by 2005, FoodTrace, a European concerted action, will
develop a traceability framework for the whole food chain from farm
to fork.
Frozen food giant McCain Foods has selected CPIM software from
FullTilt. The company believes that this will help it to
synchronise its product information across more than 55 production
facilities on six continents.
Food safety giant SureBeam has announced that it will close its
Vernon, California processing service centre in an effort to
consolidate its processing services business.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted
approval for a proprietary formulation of lactoferrin. The ruling
paves the way for the commercial application of this new food
safety technology.
New knowledge on mad cow disease emerges as researchers across the
Atlantic claim to have developed a faster test for identifying the
disease, possibly even in living cows.
Discovering genetic fingerprints of heat-beating micro-organisms
could bring us closer to understanding why some foods spoil and how
bacteria manage to survive heat treatments.
