Food Safety
Description:Standards, codes of practice, guidelines and other recommendations related to protecting food sources from disease and contamination.
Keywords:avian flu, bird flu, pesticide residues, food additives, pathogens, GMO, GMO foods, DNA-modified plants and microorganisms, food-grade lubricants, recall, traceability, contamination, trans-fats, peanut-free, bacteria
(News, 02 Aug 2010 )
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published its Annual Report on Pesticide Residues, which provides an overview of pesticide residues in food in the EU during 2008 and assesses the exposure ....
(Top Story, 02 Aug 2010 )
NSF International, a global public health and safety organization, has appointed Alex Zhang as GM of its joint venture in China called NSF Shanghai. The China office works with companies that manufacture ....
(Industry Updates, Aug 2010 )
New rulings from the United Nations' food standards body, Codex Alimentarius Commission, state that the maximum amount of melamine allowed in powdered infant formula is 1 mg/kg and the amount of the chemical ....
(News, 30 Jul 2010 )
With the Commonwealth Games in less than three months away, TQS Global Management System has launched the ''Safe Food Destination'' program for food safety concerns related to the games with the standard ....
(News, 22 Apr 2010 )
Following the eruption of the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano in Iceland, the European Commission has asked the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to provide urgent scientific advice on the possible risks ....
(Top Story, 17 Mar 2010 )
Agilent Technologies and the National Center for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST) announced that they have entered into a collaboration to develop new scientific methods for food testing, with the goal ....
(Industry Updates, Mar 2010 )
Cargill has begun piloting a third party remote video auditing (RVA) program as a food safety tool in its North American beef plants. For the food safety pilot, RVA will be used to review the stages in ....
(Grab n Go, Mar 2010 )
Fonterra says it intends to invest in two dairy farms in China to continue to grow a high quality and secure the supply of milk on the ground. Fonterra China’s MD Philip Turner said the Chinese dairy ....
(Top Story, 11 Feb 2010 )
Bioo Scientific has validated new sample prep procedures for the MaxSignal Melamine Enzymatic Assay using a broad range of sample types. Melamine contamination of food is a threat to public safety with ....
(Top Story, 09 Feb 2010 )
Konecranes introduces a high performance modular crane system designed to maximize safety while minimizing energy consumption and downtime to South Asia and the Asia Pacific. The Smarton crane system ....
