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NewsDubai Municipality automated oil and fat testing cuts analysis to two minutes
Dubai Municipality has introduced automated oil and fat testing, raising daily capacity tenfold while cutting analysis time to two minutes.
NewsElectron beam technology shows promise for safer poultry processing
A new study in Poultry Science explores whether electron beam irradiation could reduce pathogens such as Salmonella and Campylobacter in poultry without compromising meat quality or consumer appeal.
WebinarAutomated solutions for mycotoxins and vitamins in complex foods matrices
Learn how automation helps food testing laboratories address evolving regulatory requirements, achieve lower LOD/LOQ targets through effective sample clean-up, and analyse novel foods and other complex matrices.
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The perfect storm for seafood fraud
The seafood industry is enormous, so too its supply chains. With consumers willing to pay premium prices for the healthy protein source, fraudulent practices have inevitably followed – on shocking scales. Chris Elliott reveals how the industry is responding and what businesses can do to boost credibility and protect consumers.
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What food manufacturers need from testing in 2026: smarter decisions, stronger assurance
As food businesses face faster risks, more complex products and growing demands for proof, testing is being asked to deliver more than routine evidence. The What food manufacturers need from testing in 2026 report examines how testing is evolving into a sharper tool for confidence, control and action.
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WebinarHuman safety assessment for novel foods: de-risking the path from concept to compliance
Join this free webinar to discover how a strategic, tiered approach to human safety assessment can help you build the right evidence, reduce unnecessary testing and move towards regulatory approval with greater confid
WebinarLab Meets Line: How Leading Manufacturers Are Closing the Quality Data Gap
Discover how leading food manufacturers are combining trusted laboratory reference data with real-time process measurement to improve quality consistency, respond faster to process variation and build a more connected quality control strategy.
WebinarMeasuring what matters: water quality analysis with UV-Visible spectrophotometry
Join this webinar to explore how UV-Visible spectrophotometry can support reliable water quality analysis across a range of applications.
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ArticleCombining modern approaches in food pathogen detection with smarter control strategies
As food safety laboratories strive for faster, reliable, and audit-ready pathogen detection, success depends on more than advanced molecular methods. Robust workflows, contamination control, and compliance are now just as critical as PCR performance.
OpinionMicroplastics, PET packaging and the need for standardised science
Microplastics are a growing concern for consumers and the food industry. But how much of the coverage reflects the evidence? Laura Stewart, Executive Director at NAPCOR, argues that conclusions about PET should be based on robust science and its long-established safety record.
ArticleThe new Nexis GC-2060 gas chromatograph: lower operating costs and maximum efficiency for your laboratory
Shimadzu’s new Nexis GC-2060 combines analytical intelligence with innovative hardware to cut gas and energy consumption, reduce manual workload and simplify complex sample analysis. Designed for maximum flexibility and efficiency, it helps laboratories lower operating costs without compromising performance or accuracy.
ArticleThe Compliance Imperative: How Electrochemical Testing Is Transforming Water Quality Monitoring in Food and Beverage Production
Tightening regulatory demands are pushing food and beverage operators to treat water quality monitoring as a core compliance function, with auditable, traceable records now an operational necessity rather than a best practice. Electrochemical testing — and Palintest’s Kemio platform in particular — is meeting this need by delivering consistent results across challenging sample types and automatically logging every test against operator, location, and time.
ArticleThe forever challenge: how the food industry must rise to meet PFAS
Thousands of compounds, a compliance environment that shifts at both federal and state level, and exposure routes that begin long before food reaches a factory gate, PFAS were always going to be a difficult problem. What is becoming clearer is just how long the food industry will be living with them – and how much the science of detecting them will have to keep pace.
ArticleFrom spreadsheets to strategy: the high-stakes gamble of traditional supplier management
Supplier management processes are often manual and time-consuming, a high-stakes gamble that exposes your business to significant risk. Discover how a data-driven approach to supplier management can protect your brand, save thousands of administrative hours, and transform your due diligence from a reactive process into a strategic advantage. Read on to learn how to move from spreadsheets to strategy.
ArticleNew Food launches new website designed for food industry professionals
New Food has launched an updated website to improve access to content across food manufacturing, food safety and innovation, alongside a new membership model that provides full access to premium analysis, reports and expert commentary.
OpinionThe buses on Main Street
The human instinct to draw decisive conclusions in moments of pressure can have deadly consequences in food safety, if evidence has not been verified. Darin Detwiler demonstrates what a small-town misunderstanding reveals about leadership, decision making and the hidden risks of certainty in global food safety systems.
Article5 Myths Keeping Manufacturers in the Lab
Many manufacturers still rely on lab-based testing due to long-standing assumptions. Perten, a PerkinElmer company, examines five common myths and the research and ROI analysis that challenge them.
ArticleFrom blind spots to real time insight: the importance of NMR based screening on tackling food fraud
Food fraud erodes margins, weakens consumer trust, and distorts fair competition. This article outlines why traditional controls miss signals of adulteration and mislabeling, and how reproducible NMR screening with large validated databases enables rapid authenticity testing across food products.
ArticleDecoding the hidden structure of modern foods: how TD-NMR is supporting plant-based innovation
Unlocking the secrets of plant-based foods, Dr Kevin Nott at Oxford Instruments shows how TD-NMR helps scientists understand water and fat at a molecular level, shaping the next generation of meat and dairy alternatives.
ArticleHarnessing technology and innovation to ensure safe food for all
Technology is transforming food safety. Elizabeth Andoh-Kesson and Franck Pandiani of GFSI explain why digital tools, AI, and real-time data are now essential to protect consumers and streamline supply chains.
ReportScaling Biotechnology and Novel Foods: inside the industrial reality of food innovation
New food technologies are advancing rapidly but scaling them remains the industry’s defining challenge. The Scaling Biotechnology and Novel Foods report explores whow to turn promising science into industrial reality.
ArticleUnpacking the evolving science of pathogen persistence in food processing environments
Even the most robust sanitation programmes cannot fully eliminate pathogen persistence. As biofilms, harbourage sites and genomic surveillance reshape what manufacturers know about contamination risk, persistence is emerging as one of the defining tests of modern food safety.
OpinionMycotoxins: the silent, escalating threat to global food security
Amid the countless prominent effects of climate change lies a growing problem that’s been sidelined and misunderstood for too long. Professor Chris Elliott reveals why we must collectively sharpen up our approach to tackling mycotoxins in our food.
OpinionFrom South America to the Irish border: how the EU–Mercosur deal could reshape UK food risk
New trade deals bring new opportunities – for the scrupulous and the not-so scrupulous. Here Professor Chris Elliott highlights where vigilance will be needed to head off potential deceptions from opportunistic trade exploiters.