PACK EXPO gets smart with intelligent packaging content
PACK EXPO International 2014 is expanding its tech content by welcoming an event dedicated to 'smart' packaging technologies.
Archives for November 18, 2013
Oxford Instruments targets meat fraud
Oxford Instruments is working with a UK research laboratory on preventing meat fraud, such as the horsemeat scandal.
Agilent NMR platform tackles food authenticity and origins
Agilent Technologies has launched a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy platform to address food authenticity and origin concerns.
Burton’s Biscuit Company sold to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has reached a deal to acquire Burton’s, the maker of Jammie Dodger and Wagon Wheels.
A thousand years in nature, one year in a lab: How 3D modelling is speeding enzyme evolution
Novozymes has developed a computer modelling system to help it more quickly discover and adapt enzymes for use in foods and consumer goods.
Study calls for global reduction in livestock antibiotics
A new report has called for a worldwide ban on growth promoters in livestock, warning that antibiotic use in animal agriculture is a major contributor to growing levels of antibiotic resistance.