Heemskerk opts for Sapphire's x-ray system
A Dutch fruit and vegetable producer has installed two x-ray inspection systems from Sapphire.
Archives for December 12, 2017
EIT launches accelerator network to help agri-food start-ups succeed
EIT Food is hunting for 40 agri-food start-ups that will catalyse a change in our food system through its EIT Food Accelerator Network.
Optimism and issues - an interesting year for dairy
Farmgate prices went up a bit in 2017, although not as much as farmers hoped, and value-added products continued to dominate companies’ strategy to get more money from raw milk.
Urgent action needed to reduce arsenic in infant rice cereals, says study
Healthy Babies Bright Futures (HBBF), an alliance of scientists and child health advocacy organizations, is calling for urgent action by cereal makers, the FDA and parents to remove high-arsenic cereals off store shelves and out of infants’ diets.
EFSA okays preservative nisin in two new food groups
EFSA has given the green light to extend the use of food preservative nisin (E 234) to include unripened cheese and heat-treated meat products.
Blockchain technology to ‘trigger’ disruption
Supply chain disrupter blockchain technology could improve efficiency, food safety and traceability of meat, but business will need to ditch the paper trail first, a report has claimed.
EFSA and ECDC 2016 annual report on zoonotic diseases
Halt in decline of Salmonella cases is ‘reminder to stay vigilant’ - ECDC
Two EU agencies have warned against complacency when it comes to controlling Salmonella after figures show cases are no longer falling in Europe.
ASF strikes Russian meat giant Miratorg
Russia’s largest pork producer, Miratorg, has been hit with an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) on its farm in Belgorod Oblast.
TINE investing $90.8m in new Jarlsberg plant in Ireland
Norwegian dairy TINE is investing €77m ($90.8m) in a plant in Ireland for the production of its Jarlsberg cheese.
News in Brief
SSI to sell Restek chromatography supplies and accessories
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) and Restek Corporation have announced a distribution partnership.
Barry Callebaut sweetens appeal of healthier chocolate with low-sugar range
Barry Callebaut has made available a range of low-sugar chocolate designed to promote an improved nutritional profile to confectionery that doesn’t compromise on taste.