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Health and safety issues when cleaning magnetic separators
Bunting Magnetics discuss health and safety of cleaning strong Rare Earth magnetic separators, as part of the UK’s Food Safety Week (19 – 23 June 2017)...
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Issue #3 2017 – Digital Version
In this issue: Nanotechnology; Food safety; Soft drinks sugar reduction; Agrifoods; New consumer eating habits; Allergens; UK country profile; and much more...
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Setting the standard for frozen wild seafood
In Sitka, Alaska - a town of 9000 where 20% of the economy depends directly on wild salmon - there’s a well-known coffee shop decorated with images of fishing. The Highliner Coffee Shop sells a coffee mug printed with a Sanskrit quote: “To judge a thing one must know the…
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Unpacking product advertising and the ‘natural’ claim
Claiming ‘naturalness’ for food and beverages remains an unbroken trend. Nils Wolfgang Bings offers further comment on the issue.
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Validating food safety: the process control measures for making safe food
Phillip Crosby, Joseph Juran and others have estimated that the cost of poor process control (poor quality) can range from 15-40% of business cost1–6. The cost to eliminate a failure (defect) in the customer phase is five times greater than at the development or manufacturing phase. In this article Larry…
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New test gets South American honey producers buzzing
Argentinian honey producers are crediting a new test developed by scientists at Randox Food Diagnostics for dramatically improving its quality.
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Allergen management in the food industry: it’s all about cross-contact and contamination prevention
Food allergies and other food sensitivities are individualistic adverse reactions to foods. The hazard may be defined as the inadvertent consumption of a food allergen by a sensitive individual. In this article François Bourdichon, Food Safety Consultant, and Bert Pöpping, FOCOS discuss true food allergies (reproducible adverse reactions to a…
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Regulatory controls and responsible use of animal medicines
Consumers are increasingly driven to understand more about the food they eat and its quality is often reliant on the responsible use of animal medicines.
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The challenge of defining honey true to label
Airborne Honey has been owned and operated by the Bray family in South Canterbury for generations. It is one of the world’s most scientifically advanced honey companies with a deep practical knowledge of varietal characteristics...
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What role might technologies such as blockchain play in ensuring food safety and tackling food fraud?
By definition Industry 4.0 is the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies. It includes cyber-physical systems, the Internet of Things and cloud computing. Industrial applications require an increasing degree of trust and privacy protection. Proof of existence, of origination or of a consistent track record gain…
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Evaluation of ISO method 21527-1 compared with other yeast and mould detection systems
Yiping Chen and Ruth Fowler of the Institute of Life and Earth Sciences at Heriot-Watt University offer their insight.
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EHEDG conveyor guideline offers hygienic best practices
Julie Larson Bricher, EHEDG Contributing Writer, interviews Jon Kold, Chairman of EHEDG Working Group Conveyor Systems.
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GLOBALG.A.P. presents new TR4 Biosecurity Add-On for bananas
A risk assessment tool for farmers with GLOBALG.A.P. Certification for banana production...
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Fighting food fraud: Testing without the wait
Food fraud is everywhere. Dr. Neil Sharma, Head of Research and Product Development at InstantLabs, argues that it is by improving testing accuracy and frequency that we can help to stamp it out....
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Food Standards Scotland urges farmers to prevent lead poisoning on farms
Scotland’s food body is giving advice to farmers to help prevent lead poisoning in their livestock.
