As Nestlé recalls two million litres of baby milk in four European
countries due to a packaging problem, the company is attempting to
calm consumer fears that their children were in danger ofingesting
a printing chemical from drinking...
The chief executive of the UK's Food Standard Agency (FSA) used
last week's keynote speech to discuss food safety detached from the
everyday context of media hype and public scare stories.
Allegations that DuPont hid studies showing the high health risks
of a chemical used to line grease-resistant packaging for candy,
pizza, microwave popcorn and hundreds of other foods, could affect
processors on both sides of the...
After all the increased safety procedures put in place over the
past decade, one might have been lulled into thinking that
poisonings and deaths from food contamination would be rarer than
before. While it is true that the new regulatory...
Regulations concerning the jurisdiction over certain food products
that contain meat and poultry are to be re-examined next month to
avoid inconsistencies, said the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
and the Food and Drug Administration...
A UK cooked meat processor is fighting in court to reopen after it
was closed down in the wake of an outbreak of E. coli 0157 that
resulted in the death of a five-year-old boy and caused sickness in
scores of schoolchildren.
Methods to strengthen existing food safety systems to save lives,
and improve agricultural trade opportunities, are the focus of the
first ever food safety conference in Africa.
A method of using smart labels to indicate remaining shelf life on
food products is about to be launched commercially by UK-based
Timestrip and Nestlé.
Changes in EU legislation is forcing companies to look at better
ways of managing their compliance, quality and food safety
activities to avoid the need to comply with unnecessary and costly
regulatory approval.
Investing in faster tools to fight the risk of food contamination,
the venture capital arm of leading ingredients firm Danisco will
pour more funds into German technology company Profos.
With up to 76 per cent of UK chickens testing positive for
Campylobacter, processors and their suppliers will soon be facing a
food safety crackdown from the country's regulator.
A chemically produced folate, said to be several times more
bioavailable than folic acid and recently approved for food use in
Europe, gives premium supplement makers a chance to differentiate
from the commonly marketed form of the...
The UK's Food Standard Agency announced the withdrawal of three
food products last week due to the presence of Sudan I, undeclared
irradiation and contamination.
Australian CSIRO has designed Moisture Control Technology (MCT) to
control free moisture found in stored or transported fresh food,
enabling food to stay fresher for longer.
Five months after the illegal red colour Sudan 1 sparked the
biggest food product recall in the UK's history, the country's food
agency detects the colour in a batch of curry powders, reports
Lindsey Partos.
Space travel to accelerate food science discoveries as the US space
organisation NASA calls on food researchers to answer the needs of
its astronauts, reports Lindsey Partos.
Risk continues in the European food chain with member states
recalling over fifty products due to food pathogens and illegal
colours in seven days, suggesting industry still needs to crack
down on food safety, reports Lindsey Partos.
As global food risks continue to threaten the food supply - from
ingredients to end products - the UN's risk assessor strengthens
its presence, writes Lindsey Partos.
With the deadline approaching for a new global standard on managing
food safety in plants, the industry is gearing up to train
employees on how to keep contaminants out of the processing line.
Food pathogens and harmful toxins dominate the EU's food risk alert
system this week, detected in a range of products from fish and
cheese to pistachios and chilli powder, reports Lindsey
Partos.
International labelling standards on the percentage of ingredients
in a food and beverage products are on the table again at an
upcoming Codex meeting, reports Lindsey Partos.
Understanding the most extreme conditions for food products will
bring gains for product formulation, particularly functional foods,
on Earth, says Arla Food Ingredients, the firm that has developed a
new yoghurt for consumption by...
Investigating the risk of food poisoning to the consumer by the
prevalent bacteria Bacillus cereus, European scientific
experts find the majority of reported outbreaks were linked to the
consumption of heat treated foods, with cooked...
The EFSA has found that only heat treatments used for canning of
low acid foods can ensure the complete destruction of the bacteria
Bacillus cereus, which was found to be especially prevalent in
heated foods such as pasta and rice,...
The EU's food-linked risk alert system has been bombarded in one
week by the detection of potentially carcinogenic aflatoxins in
nearly 40 food products on sale in the European market, including
the Czech Republic, reports Lindsey...
Ongoing steps to reduce the risk of foodborne illness in the
European food chain sees the region's umbrella food agency calling
for scientists to contribute to solutions.
The woman charged with co-ordinating food safety policy in the
Czech Republic talks exclusively to Anthony Fletcher about
the country's post-accession strategy and the importance of
consumer confidence.
With food safety a major priority in Europe, some third countries
are concerned that issues like organic, dioxin and GM foods could
become barriers to trade, according to CORDIS.
Producers of 28 different foodstuffs will be required by the
Chinese government to apply for production licences as part of the
Beijing government's ongoing measures to improve food quality and
safety, writes Chris Jones.
US food safety procedures could be improved if the system was
consolidated suggested a report published on Wednesday by the
Government Accountability Office (GAO), but it failed to define
possible cost savings.
The UK food maker that last week triggered the country's largest
product recall to date identifies two further foods contaminated
with the carcinogenic red food dye sudan 1, reports Lindsey
Partos.
Underlying the destructive power of foodborne disease against the
backdrop of the increasingly complex food industry, the head of a
food safety centre warns the rise in demand for food carries an
"invisible price tag".
Food is the most common source of zoonotic infections in humans,
suggesting that tightening biosecurity measures at the beginning of
the food supply chain is vital.
Speciality oil firms will have the chance to voice their concerns
on global food codes as 100 government delegates meet to discuss
the fats and oil industry at a week-long session, kicking off in
the UK next week.
Lock Inspection Systems has supplied a UK food company with a
custom made metal detector for its two production facilities, in an
effort to help maintain food quality in the face of growing demand.
Tracking the harmful foodborne pathogen Listeria in the food chain,
UK firm Oxoid has designed a new broth that could accelerate
detection time for the food industry.
Markos Kyprianou, the new Commissioner for Health and Consumer
Protection in Brussels, will continue in his predecessor David
Byrne's foodsteps, pushing to maintain high levels of food safety
in the EU.
Illegal red colour in palm oils, salmonella in tortillas and
listeria in smoked salmon all featured on the EU's
food-linked risk alert system at the end of the year.
The number of food-linked alerts in the European Union leapt by
over 40 per cent in 2003 on the previous year, with the majority
sourced in the 'old' member states.
Unsafe food makes almost a third of the globe ill each year,
providing constant pressure on governments and the global food
industry to come up with tools to fight food safety and reduce the
risk of food poisoning.
A Food Standards Agency survey suggests that a legal loophole is
being used by manufacturers to mislead UK consumers over the amount
of fat in packaged mince.
