Food Safety
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Agilent Technologies, Universiti Putra Malaysia to collaborate on halal food research
Agilent Technologies and Universiti Putra Malaysia have announced a collaboration to strengthen Malaysia’s research capabilities for halal food products, especially on food authentication and food safety.
Food Safety | 30 April 2012
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Silliker, AsiaInspection offer service on food safety in Asia
Silliker and AsiaInspection have launched AsiaFoodInspection, a service offering inspection, testing and audit services in Asia for the food industry.
Food Safety | 26 April 2012
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PGP International receives GMP for Sport Registration from NSF International
The registration helps minimize the risk that sports nutrition products are manufactured with athletic banned substances, such as steroids, stimulants, narcotics, beta blockers and masking agents.
Food Safety | 05 April 2012
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AB Sciex opens centre in Singapore
AB Sciex has opened its newest Asia Pacific Regional Application & Training Centre in Singapore for applications such as food and environmental testing, forensics and clinical research.
Food Safety | 16 March 2012
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Synutra provides government testing results regarding infant formula safety
Synutra International has announced the final findings by government authorities regarding the case involving the twin infants from Jiangxi Province.
Food Safety | 14 March 2012
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Fonterra Brands undertakes voluntary butter recall
Fonterra Brands (New Zealand) is conducting a voluntary recall of certain Mainland and Anchor Salted Butter products following two isolated complaints received from consumers who had found a fine metal object in their purchases.
Food Safety | 27 February 2012
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China prohibits production and sale of ractopamine in the country
The People’s Republic of China on December 5, 2011 announced a ban on the production and sale of ractopamine, a controversial nerve stimulant used to increase the yield of lean meat in pigs, says SGS Food Safety Services.
Food Safety | 24 February 2012
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Report: One in every two food inspections failed in China last year
A new report by AsiaInspection found that while the majority of food inspections in China failed because of minor defects, 10% were for critical defects with an extreme case involving contamination by a large quantity of rodent fecal matter.
Food Safety | 20 February 2012
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Ocean Spray voluntarily recalls limited quantity of products in the US
Ocean Spray has taken the precautionary measure of voluntarily recalling certain production lots of dried cranberries due to the possible presence of hair-like metal fragments that are “unlikely to cause consumer injury”.
Food Safety | 09 January 2012
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Taiyo’s Chinese facility passes NSF food safety audit
Taiyo announced that its Sunphenon manufacturing facility, Taiyo Green Power in Wuxi, China, has achieved an NSF Food Safety, Quality and Food Defense Audit Score of over 95 by auditing company Cook & Thurber.
Food Safety | 03 January 2012
