MicroFoss test gets validation for Coliform dairy products
MicroFoss has recently been awarded the AOAC-RI validation for its Coliform dairy product testing kits, some two years after it was launched on the market.
Archives for March 11, 2003
Sustainability drive for UK food industry
Producers, wholesalers, caterers and retailers in the UK are to work with the government on a joint strategy to improve the food and drink industry's economic, environmental and social performance, so announced the government last week inaugurating a...
Hope for peanut allergy sufferers
With legislators across the world currently discussing the issue of food allergens and labelling, scientists are busy in the labs investigating solutions to this increasing health problem. But new research released this week could bring real hope to...
Online acrylamide
As promised last year, the European Commission is now offering online access to a new database that compiles research efforts on several topics related to the issue of acrylamide in food.
Food crops protected against contamination?
In a bid to limit the contamination of food crops by pharmaceutical plants the US Department of Agriculture has issued a new guidance to tighten the rules covering the permittance process for companies to plant and produce plant-made pharmaceuticals...
Ahold troubles continue as new CFO is appointed
Ahold, the Dutch retailer at the centre of a massive accounting scandal, has appointed an interim CFO to try and stabilise the business. But claims that it knew of the US accounting irregularities as early as 2001, and that other parts of the...