Food Safety
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Customs Union to Have Harmonised Food Safety Regulations
The new technical regulations cover all foods as well as bottled drinking and mineral water, tonic drinks, food additives, dietary supplements, and products manufactured with the use of genetically modified organisms.
Food Safety | 21 May 2013
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Japan Now Accepts Results from Foreign Official Test Labs
The MHLW has adopted new criteria to accept reports of tests performed in countries other than the country of origin, provided that the countries in which products are tested are capable of dealing with problems that may occur.
Food Safety | 13 May 2013
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DCANZ, MPI to Collaborate on Food Testing Protocols Across Dairy Products
MPI and DCANZ agreed to formalise coordination and communication protocols related to all future food testing incidents, to help meet market needs both in New Zealand and overseas.
Food Safety | 03 May 2013
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Consumers Seen Increasingly Embracing Clean Label Foods
Clean label is a clear trend across global food markets and new product launches in the clean label space have steadily increased in number over the last decade.
Food Safety | 19 April 2013
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Horsemeat Scandal: Less than 5% of EU Meat Products Contain Equine DNA
The case is a matter of food fraud – not food safety.
Food Safety | 18 April 2013
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Horsemeat Aftermath: Brits More Confident of Local Food than Imported
British origin foods continue to rise in importance among the UK’s shoppers.
Food Safety | 17 April 2013
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EU Issues New Regulations on Sprouts and Seeds
The new regulations put into spotlight the traceability of batches of sprouts and seeds intended for import into the European Union.
Food Safety | 17 April 2013
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Bute Found in Asda Corned Beef
Asda has confirmed that tests on further batches have shown a positive result for very low levels of phenylbutazone, at 4 parts per billion.
Food Safety | 15 April 2013
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Thermo Fisher Test Method Eases Phenylbutazone Detection in Horsemeat
The new Thermo Fisher method overcomes previous challenges of testing horsemeat using a simple two-step solid-phase extraction cleanup protocol that is faster than the manual liquid-liquid extraction procedures required by other methods.
Food Safety | 05 April 2013
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Eurofins Partners AB SCIEX and Phenomenex to Improve Animal Feed Analysis
The collaboration aims to deliver robust and reliable methods not only to improve the analysis of animal feed but also to provide the best solutions to help the food and feed industries effectively address the growing industry demands of improved product quality and safety.
Food Safety | 22 March 2013
