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Horsing around
Earlier this month I visited Doncaster Racecourse. Whilst I wasn’t there to watch any races, horses were certainly on the agenda – it was Highfield ABC’s Fighting Food Fraud event and, of course, ‘horsegate’ was one of the buzzwords of the day.
Food fraud strikes again
Following the horse meat and nut and spice contamination scandals in recent times, evidence of a new food fraud case – this time, oregano contamination – is a fresh blow to the industry.
‘Vision and clear plans’
Joanne Hubbard, public analyst at Public Analyst Scientific Services, hopes for greater focus on food authenticity, quality and standards to reduce risk and ensure compliance throughout the supply chain.
Safe from scandal
Regular checks along the production chain can prevent meat scandals, explains Alexander Flath, division manager sales at SGS Germany.
SOFHT celebrates 35 years
In 1979, the Society of Food Hygiene (SOFHT) was launched. Now, 35 years on, SOFHT has supported its members – gathered from all areas of the food supply chain, from retailers to manufacturers and suppliers – in a whole range of food related milestones. From the introduction of the Food Safety Act in 1990, BSE […]
‘Leading by example’
Alice Cadman was recently appointed head of business development and marketing at Leatherhead Food Research. Here, she explains why the food industry must continue to improve its understanding of the more distant and less sustainable aspects of the food supply chain…
Safe and sound
The September issue of Food & Drink Technology is due to hit desks this week and as we have super-sized the issue this month, I apologise if it makes a dent in your desk when it lands! The first of some major shows coming up throughout autumn are upon us, so we’ve included comprehensive previews […]
Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
From horsegate to chickengate
Shortly after the FSA confirmed that no horsemeat has been found in latest testing it released news that more than half of shop-bought chickens are contaminated with campylobacter.
No horsemeat found in latest testing
The latest round of industry and European Union (EU) testing found no horsemeat DNA in meat products at or above the 1% reporting threshold. Since 2013, the FSA has been working with the European Commission and industry in an extensive programme of testing to detect horsemeat. These tests were carried out to check that beef products […]
Symposium on ‘Emerging Issues in Food’
The 9-11 June this year will see food industry experts convening to discuss ‘Emerging Issues in Food’. The 15th annual symposium in food science is being organised by the UK government’s Food and Environment Research Agency and the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN), a partnership between the US Food and Drug […]
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability
Fighting against food fraud
Eric Jamin from Eurofins Analytics looks as the testing tools available to the food industry for verifying the origin and validity of a product or component as well as emerging methods in this sector.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
SGS serves up new food standard
The first global standard for auditing and certificating agents and brokers in the food supply chain is about to be awarded by SGS to a UK based company after more than 18 months of development work with the British Retail Consortium (BRC). David Brackston, technical director BRC Global Standards, says, “The new BRC Agents and […]
‘Good hygiene practices for the food industry’
Dr Karen Middleton-Gell, technical director, Society of Food Hygiene and Technology (SOFHT).
New Dutch beef contaminated with horse meat
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has seized meat from a slaughterhouse in Gelderland in a preventive block. During a criminal investigation by the Intelligence and Investigation Service (IOD), horse DNA was found in four batches of beef scraps from the slaughterhouse. All consignments of meat (over 690 tons) that the slaughterhouse […]