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Ocean Optics enhances capabilities of NIRQuest series spectrometers
14 March 2016 | By Ocean Optics
Ocean Optics enhances capabilities of NIRQuest series spectrometers...
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Ocean Optics expands Flame spectrometer line with versatile miniature NIR spectrometer
14 March 2016 | By Ocean Optics
Ocean Optics expands Flame spectrometer line with versatile miniature NIR Spectrometer...
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Nestlé USA issues voluntary recall over possible glass contamination
14 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Nestlé USA has initiated a voluntary recall of approximately 3 million packages of its DiGiorno, Lean Cuisine, and Stouffer’s products due to the potential presence of glass pieces...
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Heather Hancock announced as new Chair of the FSA
4 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Hancock says she will have an 'absolulte commitment' to pursuing those who wilfully and maliciously risk food safety...
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Expert Focus: Prof Chris Elliott, Queen’s University Belfast
3 March 2016 | By Stephanie Anthony, Editor, New Food
We look at the work of Prof Chris Elliott, Queen’s University Belfast. Chris will be discussing food fraud in the New Food webinar “Addressing complex and critical food integrity issues using the latest analytical technologies”...
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Screening truffles for radioactivity from Chernobyl
1 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Some forest mushrooms accumulate dangerous levels of radioactivity originating from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster with one notable exception: wild truffles...
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Muddy Boots’ new iPad and iPhone version of Greenlight Quality Control
1 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Muddy Boots have made their Greenlight Quality Control software available as an iPhone and iPad app...
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Experts gather to help tackle foodborne viruses
29 February 2016 | By Victoria White
More than 130 leading experts on viruses in the food chain have taken part in the first International Workshop on Foodborne Viruses...
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Researchers take a closer look at the science of frying food
26 February 2016 | By Victoria White
Food scientists have taken a closer look at what exactly goes on inside food during frying in order to improve products...
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FSA publishes latest campylobacter survey results
26 February 2016 | By Victoria White
The results continue to show a decrease in the number of birds with the highest level of campylobacter contamination...
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Video: Applications in Focus – Food Integrity
25 February 2016 | By Ocean Optics
Ocean Optics discuss applications of miniature, modular reflectance spectroscopy for Food Integrity using a dual channel Vis-NIR system including the new ultra-compact Flame-NIR spectrometer...
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Issue #1 2016 – Digital version
In this issue: Fats & Oils, Water Quality, Food Grade Lubricants, Infant Nutrition, Pasta Processing, Regulation, Food Analysis, Fish Processing, Clean Label, NIR, and much more...
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Food Grade Lubricants supplement 2016
22 February 2016 | By New Food
In this Food Grade Lubricants supplement: EHEDG guideline provides keys to a well-oiled operation; Change and habits; Industry Roundtable...
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Cricket pasta – the edible insect revolution is served
22 February 2016 | By Karen Li, Online Marketing Specialist, Bugsolutely
For the first time, the most common food in the world contains... insects. With 20% cricket flour, Cricket Pasta has a number of nutritional benefits, and it is set to start a completely new segment in the pasta business.
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Food adulteration detection and measurement with NIR hyperspectral imaging
22 February 2016 | By Marena Manley, Professor, Stellenbosch University / Federico Marini, University Researcher, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’
Food adulteration, e.g. adulteration of spices, can be incidental or intentional. Incidental adulteration occurs when foreign substances are added to a food due to ignorance, negligence or using inadequate facilities. Intentional adulteration, also referred to as economic adulteration, entails the deliberate addition of inferior materials to a food to improve…
