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David Gregory appointed Chairman of Acoura
10 February 2016 | By Victoria White
David Gregory previously worked as Technical Director at Marks & Spencers where he was instrumental in growing the retailer’s food business...
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Risk assessment shows nitrite intake varies by age group
9 February 2016 | By Victoria White
High nitrite intake is considered to potentially cause health hazards, such as a reduced ability to transport oxygen...
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USDA awards $30.1m in grants for food safety and plant improvements
4 February 2016 | By Victoria White
$15.1m of the USDA's grants will be used to fund 35 projects focused on enhancing food safety and improving food quality...
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Campden BRI to evaluate effectiveness of biocide alternatives
2 February 2016 | By Victoria White
Campden BRI’s experts will simulate real-life scenarios in their microbiology process hall to test the effectiveness of biocide alternatives in the decontamination of equipment and food surfaces...
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Detecting saffron fraud using chemical fingerprints
21 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Using a new technique, researchers have confirmed that the majority of saffron, labelled and exported as being from Spain, actually originates from other countries...
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Muddy Boots’ QC system checked more than 3 million products in 2015
15 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Chances are, when you walk into your local supermarket and select your fruit and vegetables, you’re choosing a product that has been rigorously QC checked by Muddy Boots’ Greenlight Quality Control software...
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Bio-Rad joins the Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain
13 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Bio-Rad will contribute leading-edge expertise in chromogenic and molecular tests for food pathogens and food quality indicators to the consortium...
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KP Snacks’ tool control takes food safety to another level
11 January 2016 | By Victoria White
KP Snacks has announced that it has introduced Snap-on tool management onto its production line...
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FSA publishes investigative reports on 2015 shellfish E.coli event
6 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Between 9 and 16 July 2015, a high proportion of samples of raw shellfish, 40 out of 67 samples, taken from beds along the South West and South coast generated exceptionally high E.coli results...
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Monitoring chicken behaviour could predict Campylobacter risk
6 January 2016 | By Victoria White
A new technique that monitors the movement of chickens could be used to predict which flocks are at risk of becoming infected with Campylobacter...
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Study looks at salmonella survival in filled cookies
23 December 2015 | By Victoria White
In a recent study prompted by an increased number of outbreaks in the US of foodborne diseases linked to dry foods, pathogens, like salmonella, were found to survive for at least six months in biscuits, cookies and crackers...
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Campylobacteriosis and listeriosis cases rising in the EU
22 December 2015 | By Victoria White
The latest annual report by EFSA and ECDC has found that human cases of listeriosis and campylobacteriosis rose once again in 2014, continuing an upward trend that began in 2008...
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Consumers shouldn’t fear superbugs in British red meat, says Acoura
15 December 2015 | By Victoria White
Food safety specialists Acoura believe that the risk of superbug infection from British red meat is extremely low due to the limited use of antibiotics in the supply chain...
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Festive food safety campaign launched by FSS
14 December 2015 | By Victoria White
The campaign uses tongue-in-cheek humour to get the food safety message across, featuring Santa Claus stricken by a bout of food poisoning...
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Issue #6 2015 – Digital edition
9 December 2015 | By New Food
In this issue: Allergens, Confectionery supplement, Food Fraud, Mass Spectrometry, Microbiology, Dairy Supplement, Food Contamination roundtable, Shelf Life, Energy Efficiency, Application Notes...
