All Posts By

Jon

EC meat quality audit carried out in Canady

By | Blog, Quality

The objective of the audit was to evaluate the implementation, controls on and the enforcement of the sanitary measures in place aimed at ensuring fulfilment of the requirements applicable to exports from Canada to the EU of the commodities included in the scope of the audit and the follow up…

Read More

Safety of Nanomaterials: state-of-the-art report

By | Blog

Nanomaterials are already being used in hundreds of applications and consumer products ranging from toothpaste to batteries, paints and clothing. Developing these innovative substances is an important driver for European competitiveness, and they have significant potential for progress in areas like medicine, environment protection and energy efficiency.

Read More

Church Brothers, LLC announces recall of bagged spinach

By | Blog

hurch Brothers, LLC is voluntarily recalling 560 bags of clipped spinach as a precautionary measure after one bag tested positive for Salmonella during a random USDA Microbiological Data Program sampling. The recalled product was processed on October 6, 2011 and shipped in 2.5 pound bags to Super King Markets in…

Read More

Consumer Alert – Undeclared Sulfites In Dried Dates

By | Blog

New York State Agriculture Commissioner Darrel Aubertine today alerted consumers that Domega NY International Co. LTD, located at 47-57 Bridgewater St. in Brooklyn, NY, is recalling Dried Dates due to the presence of undeclared sulfites. People who have severe sensitivity to sulfites may run the risk of serious or life-threatening…

Read More

Fair Oaks Dairy issues voluntary recall for blue cheese

By | Blog

Fair Oaks Dairy Products, LLC today issued a voluntary recall of blue cheese produced under the Fair Oaks Royal Blue Cheese label and purchased on or after September 25, 2011 because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal…

Read More

Precautionary recall of various salad blends

By | Blog

Taylor Farms Retail Inc. is initiating a voluntary, precautionary recall of 3,265 cases of various salad blends with the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella following a random test conducted on a finished package of spinach by the State of Washington Department of Agriculture.

Read More

Sprouting seeds back on the menu

By | Blog

The European Food Safety Authority has revised its advice not to eat or grow sprouted seeds that has been in place since the E. coli outbreak in France and Germany earlier this year.

Read More

Better the snack they know

By | Blog, Nutrition, Taste

Dr. Charlotte Hardman and colleagues at the University of Bristol have found that children expect their hunger to be satisfied with smaller portions of high energy snacks they know compared to snacks they are unfamiliar with.

Read More