Sciex rolls out fix for mass specs affected by pump failure
Sciex is starting to install safety kits on mass spectrometers that had to be shut down due to the potential for the pump to fail and eject metal fragments.
Archives for April 3, 2017
European Parliament votes in favour of strict new palm oil measures
Today the European Parliament voted to implement tough new palm oil resolutions, which if enforced would see its elimination from use in biofuels and enforce stricter regulations on production and certification throughout the continent.
JBS investment for CSU center
Colorado State University (CSU) has started construction of a $15m facility to improve best practices in food safety, meat sciences and animal welfare.
'Dangerous' acrylamide levels found in one in five crisps, report reveals
Almost one in five potato crisp varieties available from retail food outlets in the UK have high levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen, according to a report.
FAO calls for integrated approach to food chain crises
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has highlighted emergency prevention methods and tools to improve food safety and security.
MRSA in 40% of sampled retail pork - DVFA
Forty per cent of fresh pork sampled was found to contain livestock associated-MRSA (LA-MRSA), according to a Danish study.
Dispatches from GFSI 2017 in Houston
Alchemy and USP partner to assess supply chain risk
Alchemy Systems and the US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) are to collaborate to help companies assess supply chain risk and build systems to minimize food fraud.
Smithfield Foods targets takeover of Polish meat firms
Smithfield Foods has applied to the Polish competition watchdog UOKiK to obtain the permission to acquire local meat processing firms Pini Polska, Hamburger Pini and Royal Chicken, part of Pini Group.
Frutarom expand into Eastern Europe
The Israeli flavours and extracts giant used a substantial loan to continue its expansion into Eastern Europe
Six more ill in Swedish E. coli outbreak
Six people have been sickened with E. coli in Sweden in an outbreak that is ‘most probably’ connected to one that started last year but was declared over.
Thai firm in £60m takeover of UK food business
Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has agreed a deal to acquire UK-based Westbridge Food Group Limited for £60m.
New Zealand and Lithuania discuss dairy
New Zealand Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy and Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas have met in Vilnius, Lithuania, to discuss agricultural issues – including dairy – in the two countries.
UK cricket flour energy bar wins ife 2017 Sustainable Packaging Award
Yumpa, a range of energy bars made with cricket flour, is the first of its kind in Europe to have an EU accredited fully compostable wrapper.