Food Safety & Quality

Safety first during CO2 shortage, say trade bodies

Safety first during CO2 shortage, say trade bodies

By Rachel Arthur

With Europe facing a shortage of carbon dioxide, trade and food safety organisations are highlighting the importance of using reputable providers and gas of the appropriate food grade.

Picture: iStock

Food Safety Recall round-up 16-22 June 2018

Recalls: STEC, Salmonella and pesticide residues

By Joseph James Whitworth

Recalls and alerts were made by England, Ireland, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Luxembourg, Austria, Germany and Hungary.

The Danish project looked at salt reduction in seafood products. Picture: iStock/JackF

Maths can make food ‘tastier and healthier’

By Katy Askew

Danish researchers are deploying predictive software tools based on mathematical algorithms to reformulate food for a “more natural taste and higher food safety”.

Picture: iStock

Food Safety Recall round-up 26 May - 1 June 2018

Recalls: Campylobacter, glass and baby food

By Joseph James Whitworth

Recalls and alerts were made by England, Ireland, US, Canada, New Zealand, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Italy, Austria, Germany, France, Hungary, Norway and the Netherlands.

Picture: iStock

Food Safety Recall round-up 19-25 May 2018

Recalls: Salmonella, tropane alkaloids and packing errors

By Joseph James Whitworth

Recalls and alerts were made by England, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Switzerland.

Six events in Q1 2018 involved Listeria monocytogenes. Picture: iStock

News in Brief

Listeria tops INFOSAN cases in Q1 2018

By Joseph James Whitworth

INFOSAN was involved in 16 food safety events involving 106 countries in the first quarter of this year.

Picture: iStock

Food Safety Recall round-up 12-18 May 2018

Recalls: E. coli, Hepatitis E and mycotoxins

By Joseph James Whitworth

Recalls and alerts were made by England, Ireland, Scotland, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Slovakia.

Toxoplasma gondii. Picture: Getty/Dr_Microbe

EU experts rank foodborne parasite importance

By Joseph James Whitworth

Echinococcus multilocularis and Toxoplasma gondii are the most important foodborne parasites (FBP) in terms of public health for Europe, according to a study.

Markus Geiser of IRSweep at Analytica 2018

Dispatches from Analytica 2018

IRSweep tunes into applications in mid-IR spectroscopy market

By Joseph James Whitworth

IRSweep is looking to take advantage of applications including food analysis with mid‐IR sensing being a young and developing field in the laboratory analytical instrumentation market.

Picture: Getty/antova

Potato poisoning prompts BfR action

By Joseph James Whitworth

The safe level of a natural ingredient in potatoes has been revised downwards in Germany following cases of poisoning.

Food Safety Weekly recall round-up

Food Safety Recall round-up 5-11 May 2018

Recalls: Cadmium, metal and glycidyl esters

By Joseph James Whitworth

Recalls and alerts were made by England, Ireland, US, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Germany and Austria.

Follow us

Products

View more

Webinars