Israeli start-up Seebo has raised a total of $31m to help manufacturers predict and prevent food waste on the factory floor. The more complex the production line, the better, CEO Lior Akavia tells FoodNavigator.
African swine fever (ASF) is continuing to spread across Asia at a worrying rate and in September 2019 the disease was confirmed for the first time in South Korea, where six cases were reported within a two-week period. The fever also spread to the Southeast...
A recent study showing that four out of five samples of commercially available avocado oils were either rancid or adulterated generated a few negative headlines, but probably passed most consumers by. But it should serve as a wake-up call for industry,...
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has issued a warning calling on businesses and consumers to be vigilant against heightened food fraud risks arising from the coronavirus pandemic.
Mixed reality-focused Luminous Group says extended environmental monitoring software will help food producers protect against COVID-19 contamination by detecting and tracking the virus on surfaces.
Outbreaks of COVID-19 at abattoirs and meat cutting facilities in Germany over the last few weeks has prompted concerns that the virus can be transmitted via meat products.
A new report claims that ‘appalling’ working, employment and housing conditions in the meat sector are why meat processing plans have become ‘vectors for the spread of COVID-19’.
Compassion in World Farming has announced the winners of the Good Animal Welfare awards in recognition of companies that have pushed ahead with their commitments to improve conditions for farm animals in the face of COVID-19 uncertainty.
The British Meat Processors Association has slammed a new report which claims that factory farming is both vulnerable to pandemics, and guilty of creating them.
Biosecurity and food safety company Kersia has acquired UK-based Holchem from Ecolab in a deal that will see it become Europe’s second largest food safety company.
