The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published its new Strategy for 2025-2029, setting out an ambitious strategic roadmap to safeguard consumer health and assure continued trust in Ireland’s
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- FSAI’S new five-year strategy to ensure continued trust in Ireland’s food systems The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published its new Strategy for 2025-2029, setting out an ambitious strategic roadmap to safeguard consumer health and assure continued trust in Ireland’s...
- Mettler-Toledo Launches X2 Series of X-ray Solutions to Bring Enhanced Product Safety to a Wider Audience Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection has launched the X2 Series of high-performing x-ray systems to help enhance product safety at an incredible price point for all food manufacturers. With two x-ray systems currently...
- 50th Irish food business achieves globally recognised standard The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) has announced that it has now certified more than fifty companies in Ireland to an international certification scheme for food safety management systems....
- Meeting retailers’ metal detection testing requirements By Rob Stevens, Market Manager, Mettler-Toledo Safeline Metal Detection Retailers are increasingly including the requirement that food suppliers be able to prove regular testing of metal detection equipment as part...
- Improve Contaminant Detection and Food Safety with Dual Energy X-ray With certain products, food manufacturers can realise great benefits from using dual-energy x-ray detection. Mike Pipe, Head of Global Sales of Mettler-Toledo Safeline X-ray, explains how the technology can improve...
Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection has launched the X2 Series of high-performing x-ray systems to help enhance product safety at an incredible price point for all food manufacturers. With two x-ray systems currently
The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) has announced that it has now certified more than fifty companies in Ireland to an international certification scheme for food safety management systems.
By Rob Stevens, Market Manager, Mettler-Toledo Safeline Metal Detection Retailers are increasingly including the requirement that food suppliers be able to prove regular testing of metal detection equipment as part
With certain products, food manufacturers can realise great benefits from using dual-energy x-ray detection. Mike Pipe, Head of Global Sales of Mettler-Toledo Safeline X-ray, explains how the technology can improve
Live event scheduled 9th March 2023 will discuss the damaging nature of glass-in-glass contamination for food manufacturers and how x-ray inspection can help to mitigate these risks. Royston, Hertfordshire, UK.
AM Labels Limited (AM Labels), an award-winning supplier of complete labelling solutions including manufacturing and warehouse automation, robotics, barcoding and RFID systems, is exhibiting at Packaging Innovations and Empack on
Four zones, three debate stages, and over 350 exhibitors on show at the Birmingham NEC Packaging Innovations & Empack, Featuring Contract Pack & Fulfilment has finalised a packed programme for
SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has launched the SGS Food Contact Product Certification Mark to help manufacturers and suppliers demonstrate the safety and performance of their
An innovative and entrepreneurial Scottish company which makes a significant contribution to food safety and reducing unrecyclable plastic waste has won an £80,000 award to help take its business to
With food traceability playing a critical role in the global market and continuing to grow in complexity, the global leader in inspection technologies for food quality and safety, Loma Systems,
Food poisoning is a major health challenge that costs the UK up to £9 billion each year. To help tackle the problem, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Bord Bia has developed a new Food Processor Standard (FPS), which combines and replaces the Meat Processor Quality Assurance Standard* (MPQAS) and the Prepared Fruit and Vegetable Standard (PFVS). The Standard is designed to
As a precautionary measure, Diageo is recalling its newly launched new non-alcoholic beer – Guinness 0.0 – in Great Britain because of a microbiological contamination which may make some cans
The patented Micvac method is used by several producers of fresh convenience food. The process takes place in a number of stages, whereby the ingredients are cooked in a sealed
Microorganisms from the environment can enter the dairy supply chain at multiple stages, including production, milk collection, and processing, with potential implications for quality and safety. The ability to track
Belfast-based food testing specialist Cibus Analytical has secured £570,000 seed funding round which will be used to help tackle food contamination and adulteration. The company develops innovative methods to test
Obesity “represents the greatest single threat to the health and wellbeing of children in Ireland today and drastic action is needed to protect them.” This is the main message of
A large number of food products frequently sold on the EU market contain too much sugar, salt, fat, and not enough fibre. This is the result of a JRC study
As part of its commitment to food safety and health, the International Dairy Federation has published new guidance outlining additional actions that can be taken in the production process to
Loma Systems, a leading manufacturer of high performance metal detectors, checkweighers and x-ray inspection systems for the global food and pharmaceutical industries, has introduced new RUN-WET® specification to its range
Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology have developed a new methodology for the simultaneous analysis of odorants and tastants. It could
Through its business unit SOLYS, Veolia Water Technologies has launched NURION™, a skid-mounted, reverse osmosis (RO) system designed to produce high-quality
The European Commission has adopted a new Regulation to set a maximum limit on the use of industrially produced trans-fat in foods
Single use hand protection specialist Unigloves has enhanced its food-dedicated range with the launch of the new Unicare Flex Nitrile
Computers have become a key asset in food production processes. However, they represent a contamination risk in terms of gathering
Avery Dennison RBIS, a division of Avery Dennison Corporation, the Fortune 500® innovative packaging company, has announced a transformative initiative
After several years of decline, salmonellosis cases in the EU have flattened out. EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) scientists say
Although the EU’s system for protecting consumers from chemical hazards in food is soundly based and respected worldwide, it is
Swiss food manufacturer Coop has selected NiceLabel, a leading global developer of label design software and label management systems, to
In concurrent studies, Cleveland Clinic researchers have uncovered new mechanisms that demonstrate why and how regularly eating red meat can
Loma Systems®, a leading manufacturer of high performance metal detectors, checkweighers and X-ray inspection equipment for the global food industry, has
Single use glove specialist Unigloves has launched the brand new 15-glove Pearl Colour System nitrile gloves range, helping organisations across
The European Commission has launched a feedback mechanism to seek stakeholders’ views on setting a maximum limit of trans fats of 2 grams per
Over 200 experts from across the food contact industry will come together in Vienna, Austria from 3–6 December 2018 to
Food allergen specialist Simon Flanagan took the top spot in the prestigious Scientist of the Year category at this year’s
Research by a leading software company has been shared with UK food manufacturers in a bid to improve the UK’s
Instinctif Partners is launching a service for the food industry designed to enhance food safety culture, which puts driving cultural
Infant formula is perhaps one of the most highly regulated foodstuffs in the world, so checking the exact composition is
Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, has introduced VERYX® digital sorters for fresh-cut leafy greens. VERYX
Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL), a global leader at the forefront of scientific analysis, consultancy, product development and training, has established
Europeans continue to eat food that is largely free of pesticide residues or which contains levels of residues within legal
EFSA has published the Food Enzyme Intake Model (FEIM), a tool for estimating chronic dietary exposure to food enzymes used
The scale of today’s food industry combined with the strict standards that it has to comply with means that food and
The top nine retailers across the UK have now published their latest testing results on campylobacter contamination in UK-produced fresh whole
With Innovase ASP DP, DeutscheBack now offers manufacturers of bakery products an enzyme system that prevents the formation of acrylamide
“The Blockchain, can change…well everything.” That was the prediction of Goldman Sachs in 2015. There has been a lot of
WHO (World Health Organisation) has released REPLACE, a step-by-step guide for the elimination of industrially-produced trans-fatty acids from the global
The global dairy sector must continue its efforts to harmonise methods of analysis and sampling for milk and milk products
Growing consumer demand for new levels of transparency are set to disrupt the food industry in the wake of continued
EFSA has published a new release of its Comprehensive European Food Consumption Database, which for the first time includes data
By Shan Zhan, Global Business Manager for Food & Beverage within the ABB Control Technologies business unit In summer 2017, 15
Food-security experts from all over the world will converge on Belfast from 28-31 May 2018 for a major Summit on how to
Responding to consumer concerns about food quality and fraudulent practices concerning food, the European Commission has launched a Knowledge Centre
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