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Whitepaper: Growing appetite for protein
Buchi’s latest case study with Kent Scientific Services sets out how the Dumas Combustion method can assist you with your routine Protein Analysis in food and feed...
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New certified reference materials to detect enterotoxin A in cheese
6 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The EC's Joint Research Council has developed and released the first certified reference materials for testing whether enterotoxin A is present in cheese...
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E. coli outbreak prompts General Mills to issue flour recall
3 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
General Mills has voluntarily recalled ten million pounds of flour in the US as it may be linked to an outbreak of E. coli O121...
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GRAS No Objection Letter for Cargill’s EverSweet stevia sweetener
2 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a GRAS (generally recognised as safe) No Objection Letter, for Cargill’s EverSweet...
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New technique detects harmful contaminants in seafood
1 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The new technique allows monitoring of levels of toxic compounds like brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in seafood such as tuna and prawns...
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FDA issues draft voluntary guidance for sodium for the food industry
1 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The US FDA has issued draft guidance for public comment that provides practical, voluntary sodium reduction targets for the food industry...
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TaxPayers’ Alliance calls for government to abandon the sugar tax
1 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The TPA says that new research reveals the sugar tax is entirely arbitrary and has little to do with the sugar content of the products it affects...
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FDA finalises new intentional adulteration rule
31 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The new rule requires companies in the US and abroad to take steps to prevent intentional adulteration of the food supply...
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Traffic light nutrition labelling – interview with Dr Matt Cole
27 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Read our interview with Dr Matt Cole to find out more about his project on front of packaging traffic light nutrition labelling...
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Reseachers to assess traffic light nutrition labelling
26 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers are to determine the extent consumers currently use existing front of packaging traffic light nutrition labelling...
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EFSA reports 2014 data for veterinary drug residues in animals and food
26 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
EFSA has reported data from 2014 for a range of veterinary medicines and contaminants found in animals and animal-derived food...
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FSA publishes the latest results from its chicken campylobacter survey
26 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The results continue to show a decrease both in the number of birds with campylobacter on them and those with the highest level of contamination...
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Euromonitor launches new Ethical Labels database
24 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Euromonitor has launched its new Ethical Labels database, responding to the growing movement towards social responsibility and transparency on labels...
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FDA updates nutritional facts label for packaged foods
23 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The FDA says that modernising the nutritional facts present on packaged foods will help people make informed decisions about the foods they eat...
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FSS appoints Professor Norval Strachan as Chief Scientific Adviser
23 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has announced that it has appointed Professor Norval Strachan as its first Chief Scientific Adviser...
