News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Paramount Aromachem India will move to a new facility near Delhi where it plans to produce half of the global demand for synthetic spearmint flavor L-carvone which is used in chewing gum.
Life Technologies has joined with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to advance food safety testing of E.coli and Salmonella.
Granulated culture media and rapid immunological pathogen tests can help as the demand for easier, faster and more cost efficient foodborne testing grows, according to Merck Millipore.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has concluded that aspartame-derived sweetener advantame is safe for human consumption.
The Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has accused Cargill of using child labour in its palm oil supply chain – and Cargill says it has registered its concern with supplier KLK.
Harmony Chai, a US tea manufacturer, has recalled its Concentrated Black Spiced Chai and Decaffeinated Rooibos Chai because of concerns aboutClostridium Botulinum, a bacterium which can be fatal.
McCain, the producer of frozen potato products, has been prosecuted in the UK and fined £16,500 after a 62 year-old worker was burned by oil heated to over 160 degrees Celsius.
Two Irish environmental health graduates have created a food safety app which they claim meets the needs of industry and legislation.
Front-of-pack nutritional information, in any format, has a very limited impact on the way consumers choose products in a retail setting, according to new data.
Salt reduction campaign group Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) has been slammed by ham producers for potentially putting people’s lives at risk by calling for immediate further reductions in the salt content of ham and other cured meat products...
Chr. Hansen has finalised its acquisition of the final 50% of shares in its Turkish subsidiary, Peyma Chr-Hansen A.S.
The government is planning a public education campaign to help consumers understand the new hybrid front-of-pack (FoP) nutrition labelling scheme the Department of Health (DH) recently launched to stem rising obesity levels.