Safety & Quality

Quality control for metal contamination detection
Constant Instruments Ltd
Although the necessity for the control of metal contamination in food products has been practised by conscientious food producers for many years, never before has the application of quality control inspection been practised to such high standards. more...

The future of container drying
Secomak Ltd
The modern production lines in the Food and Drinks Industry demand high speed drying which is quiet, energy efficient, reliable, easy to clean and maintain, whilst providing levels of dryness that challenge the laws of aero-thermodynamics and physics. more...

Moving forward in food safety
Johnson Diversey, Inc
The increasing demands that government, retailers and customers are placing on food safety have led to food processing companies placing increased emphasis on food control. more...

A HACCP solution for ice and condensation
Munters Global Food Centre
Through frost-free cooling and humidity control, condensation, sticking and costly quality, hygiene and wastage issues can be prevented. Dehumidified air combats mould growth and increases refrigeration efficiency. more...

Food Safety: A Question Of Science
International HACCP Alliance
The application of scientific methods, and especially the hazard analysis and critical control point system, is the ultimate weapon in the battle to ensure optimal food safety. more...

Trace And Traceability
The recent contamination of food products with the illegal colouring agent Sudan 1 serves to demonstrate once again how vital it is that food manufacturers are able to trace the origins of their ingredients. Food Processing Intelligencereports on the latest traceability initiative. more...

Working Together For Safer Food
European Food Safety Authority
Geoffrey Podger, executive director of the European Food Safety Authority, brings Food Processing Intelligence up to date on the authority’s activities since his appointment two years ago. more...

Conveyor System Contamination Control
Habasit
No conveyor belt system can entirely eliminate the risk of microbial contamination, but one manufacturer thinks its belting solutions come very close. more...

Fat Facts For A Healthy Life
Belovo
Forty years of research is overturning the idea that saturated fats in the diet represent an independent health risk to humans. It’s really just a question of balance. more...

Europe united for safer food
European Food Safety Authority
With 370 million consumers to protect and several burning issues to deal with, the new European Food Safety Authority certainly has a full agenda. Food Technology International got the low-down from its executive director, Geoffrey Podger. more...

Data exchange for safer food
Institute of Food Research
Increased collaboration and the use of internet technology is helping to bolster food safety research efforts. more...

Food forensics
Institute of Food Research
Simon Kelly and Jurian Hoogewerff of the Institute of Food Research, and Paul Brereton from the Central Science Laboratory examine new methods for tracing the origins of food. more...

Supplementary status
Eversheds LLP
Sally Shorthose and Dr Justin Penman of Eversheds LLP examine the EU proposals to unify the laws in member states with regard to the regulation of food supplements. more...

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