safety
Agrantec: data sharing vital to maintain animal welfare post-Brexit
The House of Lords EU Energy & Environment Sub-committee has published a report on post-Brexit animal welfare issues, including evidence from Agrantec Ltd, specialist in helping food businesses gather, collate and share food supply chain data.
UK recalls of chicken at an all-time high since 2002
According to a report from Stericycle ExpertSolutions, recalls of chicken and other poultry meats are at their highest level since 2002, just as it was revealed that chicken has overtaken red meat as the most popular meat in Britain.
Round Up: Ingredients
Here is your weekly round-up of ingredients news. Next week’s round-up will focus on packaging news.
Beneo showcases sugar replacer with new sweets collection
Functional ingredients manufacturer Beneo has released an assortment of sugar-free, hard candy products containing Isomalt: a sugar replacer derived from sugar beet.
Round Up: Processing
Here is your weekly round-up of processing news. Next week’s round-up will focus on Shelf Life news.
Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
Member states vote to reduce acrylamide in food
Member states representatives have voted in favour of the European Commission’s proposal to reduce the presence of acrylamide in food.
HSE endorses BFFF guidance for working at height
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recognised the work of the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) to reduce accidents in the food and drink industry.
UK food and drink supply chain outlines Brexit priorities
In a joint letter, signatories from 26 representative bodies from across the UK food and drink supply chain have agreed upon 10 key priorities for the negotiations with the EU to protect the UK’s food security.
SICK – driving industry forward At PPMA
Discovering how smart sensor technologies help to deliver manufacturing flexibility and predictive maintenance in Industry 4.0-enabled manufacturing and logistics environments will be the focus for SICK UK’s stand at the PPMA Show. SICK will be unveiling the latest Smart Sensors in its portfolio of intelligent solutions for real-time data sharing and IO-Link connectivity. SICK sensors […]
SICK – driving industry forward At PPMA
Discovering how smart sensor technologies help to deliver manufacturing flexibility and predictive maintenance in Industry 4.0-enabled manufacturing and logistics environments will be the focus for SICK UK’s stand at the PPMA Show.
Gast Group: drinktec 2017 preview
Gast Group – the leading designer and manufacturer of precision air products and member of IDEX Corporation’s Health & Science Technologies division – will be using its stand at drinktec 2017 to promote its products and services for beverage dispense applications. Traditionally CO2 has been used to operate beer and soft drinks syrup pumps but, […]
Gast Group: Drinktec 2017 Preview
Gast Group – the leading designer and manufacturer of precision air products and member of IDEX Corporation’s Health & Science Technologies division – will be using its stand at drinktec 2017 to promote its products and services for beverage dispense applications.
Fogging with eloclear transforms packhouse hygiene
Ozo Innovations has announced the application of eloclear by fogging to improve packhouse hygiene.
EFSA reviews dietary exposure to glutamates
EFSA has established a safe intake level for glutamic acid and glutamates used as food additives after reevaluating their safety.