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2 Sisters’ chief apologises at House of Commons committee hearing
The CEO of the hygiene scandal-struck 2 Sisters Food Group has apologised before the British House of Commons Environment and Rural Affairs Committee.
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Get set for Brexit – see the full line up for Food Brexit, chaired by the John Pienaar
With less than a week to go, time is running out to catch food business experts putting their heads together over the challenges of Brexit.
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Issue #5 2017 – Digital Version
In this issue: an in-depth look at food analysis, consumer expectations about food fraud, the perks of buying local produce, food hygiene's dirty secret, and much more...
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2 Sisters Food Group to go before Parliamentary committee
The latest development in the saga caused by the exposure of unsafe working practices at a poultry plant, 2 Sisters' CEO will appear before the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.
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Pesticide use in vineyards could be halved, research suggests
A Spanish research team has successfully slashed pesticides in vineyards by 50 per cent using cutting-edge technology to spot mildew before it becomes a problem.
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Japan-American collaboration automates soybean-quality evaluation
Until now, farmers have had to inspect the quality of soybean harvested, bringing work to an abrupt halt. But thanks an international research collaboration, all that seems set to change.
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Shamed 2 Sisters Food Group shut down West Midlands plant
The firm was struck by scandal last Friday as undercover reporters working for the Guardian and ITV exposed unsanitary and unsafe practices at one of its poultry processing plants.
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UK’s biggest chicken supplier caught tampering with kill dates
An investigation run by the Guardian and ITV News found a supplier to Britain's supermarkets had been altering food-safety records.
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Reducing the risk of Microbial Spoilage in beverages – Using new PCR technology
28 September 2017 | By Pall Corporation
In this webinar Pall analyses the growing market demands for minimally processed products or mixed beverages and the increasing need for effective controls...
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Danish Coop ramp up pressure on authorities to tackle toxic packaging
The supermarket chain aims to encourage the Folketing to introduce a ban on bisphenols and fluorinated substances.
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Whitepaper: Cutting fat and doubling cooking capacity in dairy based sauces with Steam Infusion
Learn why food manufacturers are switching from direct Steam Injection to Steam Infusion...
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Lycored’s super-stable colours extend surimi seafood shelf life
Lycored’s naturally sourced colors can extend the shelf life of surimi seafood products by as much as three months, new research shows.
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Industry 4.0 and the food and beverage industry
Industry 4.0 is the development of manufacturing technologies that enable higher levels of interconnectivity, leading to greater communication between machines and decentralised/local processing of data. The result is smart factories in which machinery is increasingly autonomous, with the ability to manage its own service and maintenance requirements and adapt instantly…
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Why some Listeria strains survive good food hygiene standards
In a study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a team of researchers from Vetmeduni Vienna has now shown that certain Listeria strains – figuratively speaking – take refuge on an island.
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Brewers stand to save as spent grain gets new lease on life
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University have developed a process that could see 85 per cent of a brewery’s waste repurposed.
