Archives for August 7, 2013

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3M assay given AOAC OMA validation

By Joseph James Whitworth

3M Food Safety’s Molecular Detection Assay Salmonella has been validated through AOAC International as a First Action Official Method of Analysis (OMA) for the detection of the pathogen in selected foods.

No boys allowed: What’s so girly about yoghurt?

By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

There’s a marketing experiment going on in the yoghurt aisle. Two yoghurt brands recently have positioned themselves as ‘yoghurt for men’. Is ordinary yoghurt really so girly?

UK live export protest organised

By Carina Perkins

A welfare charity has revealed plans to hold a “peaceful” march in London on Saturday (10 August) to protest against the UK live export trade.

EU countries consider wall to block ASF

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

Lithuania, Latvia and Poland are considering building a giant wall on the border with Belarus in a bid to protect themselves from African Swine Fever (ASF).