Food Safety & Quality

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Senators urge full FSMA funding

By Joseph James Whitworth

Seven senators have urged full funding of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food safety work through the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). 

Food recalls this week

Food Safety recall round-up 17-23 April

Recalls: Gluten, Salmonella and plastic

By Joseph James Whitworth

A recall round-up covering the a week in April takes us to France, Belgium, Ireland, New Zealand, England, Sweden, Austria, Slovenia, the USA and Denmark.

SafetyCulture at work

Safety app targets worker engagement

By Joseph James Whitworth

Safety software has traditionally been developed for the employer and it can be a battle to get worker engagement, according to the creator of an app.  

Picture: MIT/Sophie Liu

MIT develops sensor to detect meat spoilage

By Joseph James Whitworth

Chemically modified carbon nanotubes to detect biogenic amines from decaying meat have been created by chemists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Knuth Lorenzen, EHEDG, spoke to us about its role in hygienic design

dispatches from Anuga FoodTec 2015

FQN investigates hygiene, cleaning and sanitation

By Joseph James Whitworth

FoodQualityNews spoke to the European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG) and Ecolab at Anuga FoodTec about the importance of hygienic design and systems to ensure hygiene, cleaning and sanitation.

Salmonella Enteritidis infections came from shell eggs

Quality Egg executives sentenced to jail

By Joseph James Whitworth

The owner and COO of Quality Egg have been sentenced to three months in prison for their roles in a 2010 Salmonella outbreak linked to almost 2,000 illnesses.

Cargill Meat Solutions recalled product

Cargill recalls beef due to string contamination concerns

By Joseph James Whitworth

Cargill Meat Solutions is recalling almost 8,300 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with blue string, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS).

FoodQualityNews weekly withdrawals in April

Food Safety recall round-up 3-9 April

Recalls: Bacillus cereus, glass and Listeria

By Joseph James Whitworth

A recall round-up covering the first full week in April takes us to France, Belgium, Germany, Australia, Netherlands, Sweden, Canada, the USA and Denmark

Reaction to WHO's World Health Day on the theme of food safety

World Health Day: the reaction

By Joseph James Whitworth

Reaction has continued to flood in to mark World Health Day on the theme of food safety – FoodQualityNews brings you some of it that did not make our special focus edition on April 7.

One size fits all approach not applicable in food safety, says 3M

World Health Day: Food safety

3M: Food safety landscape changed dramatically

By Joseph James Whitworth

There has been more change in the food safety landscape in the last few years compared to the previous 30, according to 3M Food Safety.

The union said spending cuts would translate to cuts of 548 positions, citing CFIA forecasts

CFIA slams union claims on food safety

By Joseph James Whitworth

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has slammed claims made by the Agriculture Union calling some of them ‘false’.  

FQN recall round-up gallery of March/April 2015

Food Safety recall round-up 26 March - 2 April

Recalls: Labelling language, allergens and Listeria

By Joseph James Whitworth

A recall round-up covering the last week in March and the start of April takes us to France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Sweden, Canada, the USA and Denmark.

Food Standards Scotland launches today (April 1)

Which? responds as Scottish food agency launches

By Joseph James Whitworth

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has launched today (1 April) with a consumer watchdog calling on it to operate as a ‘strong, independent consumer champion’.

Lab M names appointments

Lab M invests in R&D and Quality Control

By Joseph James Whitworth

Lab M has made a number of appointments which it says reflects continued growth as a supplier of culture media, supplements and microbiology products.

Anuga FoodTec pulled out all the stops at the show

Dispatches from Anuga FoodTec 2015

Anuga FoodTec 2015 in pictures

By Joseph James Whitworth

FoodQualityNews took to the trade show floor last week in between interviews and videos to take a few snaps.

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