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14 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalised the first two of seven major rules under the bipartisan FDA Food Safety Modernisation Act (FSMA)...
10 September 2015 | By Stancold
Stancold, specialists in temperature controlled hygienic and fire rated areas since 1946, have recently launched an innovative new website www.stancold.co.uk truly standing out from the dull, dry and old fashioned websites one normally encounters in the UK construction industry...
10 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The report is an analysis of the data from the survey carried out by the FSA between February 2014 and March 2015, which showed the levels of Campylobacter on 4,011 samples of whole, UK-produced, fresh chicken...
10 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The FSA Board have agreed that the preparation and service of rare burgers in food outlets is unacceptable unless a validated and verified food safety management plan is in place...
7 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The recall applies to 200g packs of Saver Cooked Ham with a ‘Use By’ date of 11 September 2015. The Company has said that no other products or date codes are affected...
3 September 2015 | By Verner Wheelock
1990 was a significant year for the food industry. It was the year the Food Safety Act was passed...
1 September 2015 | By New Food magazine
In this supplement: Rabbi Hillel Royde discusses kosher certification for food grade lubricants, Ashlee Breitner from NSF looks at 360° of safety, and our roundtable discusses contamination risks, regulation, expansion into other markets and allergens...
Understand why one of the most neglected parameters in the food quality control world is water activity measurement...
1 September 2015 | By Puneet Mishra, Belén Diezma and Pilar Barreiro, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
‘Nut’ is used to describe a wide range of seeds with a seed coat or shell. Because of high-energy content, micronutrients and positive global health impact, nuts have been present for centuries in human diet. However, over recent decades they have increasingly been found to induce adverse health effects. With…
1 September 2015 | By Marinella Vitulli, Laboratory Manager, pH Laboratory, Florence, TÜV SÜD
Food packaging and food contact materials are essential to provide consumers worldwide with safe and nutritious food. Packaging manufacturers must be prepared to deal with a diverse global regulatory landscape, as well as customer procurement requirements based on voluntary standards. This article gives an overview of recent European regulations and…
1 September 2015 | By Edward Groth III, Groth Consulting Services
Providing fish consumption advice for pregnant women and young children requires weighing risk-benefit trade-offs. Seafood (I will use the words ‘fish’ and ’seafood’ interchangeably here to include both finfish and shellfish) provides important nutrients, such as the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3s) docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), which…
1 September 2015 | By Dr Silvia W. Gratz, Research Fellow at the Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen / Dr Neil Havis, Researcher in Crop and Soil Systems Group / Dr Fiona Burnett, Head of the Crop and Soil Systems Group, Scotlands Rural College
Mycotoxin contamination poses an intractable problem in agricultural production. WHO estimates that over 25% of global food crops are significantly contaminated with mycotoxins causing annual losses of around 1 billion metric tons of food. Mycotoxins are formed during cereal growth or in post-harvest storage; so this problem may increase as…
1 September 2015 | By Kostadin Fikiin, Refrigeration Science and Technology, Technical University of Sofia (Bulgaria), Chairman of the EHEDG Working Group ‘Food Refrigeration Equipment’
Temperature is generally considered as the single most important factor for determining food quality and safety. This definition means that a lot of other process parameters or storage conditions may more or less influence upon the food product in different industrial situations, but temperature is the main physical value as…
28 August 2015 | By Victoria White
The increased popularity of burgers served rare has prompted the FSA to look at how businesses can ensure public health remains protected...
24 August 2015 | By Victoria White
A new project is taking advantage of the inclement UK summer weather to gain a better understanding of mycotoxins and improve mycotoxin risk assessments
