Eurofins has launched a full service package of analytical testing, including DNA based fish and horse meat speciation testing, at its Wolverhampton laboratory to support the industry in combatting food fraud.
Mühlenchemie is to offer its customers a new service: from now on, mills can have their wheat lots tested for their baking properties at the trial bakery in Ahrensburg.
The Beijing Agricultural Bureau has spent 500,000 yuan ($81,490) introducing a homemade unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for vegetable protection in Shunyi district.
Canada plans to spend C$16 million ($15.5 million) over the next three years to establish inspection teams that will conduct random spot checks of food plants across the country.
A combination of better cultivation practices, improved technology and disease-resistant varieties has the potential to make cassava a more important crop in the 21st Century.
The latest tests conducted by the University of Castellón, in Spain, demonstrate that AMEC® plant nutrition products not only improve the fruit's quality until harvest time, but they also increase its post-harvest shelf life.
Technomic Inc. and Restaurant Sciences LLC have partnered to provide greater visibility into sales trends in restaurants and bars and also deliver a comprehensive suite of food and beverage tracking services.
Dutch dairy cooperative Royal FrieslandCampina is set to install a new evaporator at FrieslandCampina Domo milk processing facility in Bedum, Netherlands.
The DropCatch is a magnetic, wall-mounted bottle opener capable of holding between 15 and 52 tiny metal grown-up Legos – you’ll know what I mean when you step on them – with ease.
Demand for meat, poultry and seafood packaging is forecast to increase 3.2% annually to $9.7 billion in 2017, according to a new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc.
BASF, the North American subsidiary of Germany-based BASF SE, has unveiled a new innovation in water-based polymer technology, Joncryl FLX 5200, designed for flexible packaging applications.
US-based Byrne Dairy is set to invest $32m in its Ultra Dairy plant in DeWitt, New York to meet the growing demand for its ultra-pasteurized dairy products.
Ben & Jerry's recently set a goal to cut all GMO ingredients from its ice cream products by the end of 2013, while also supporting mandatory GMO labeling legislation.
MPs on the International Development Committee are calling for concerted action to curb food wastage in the UK as part of wider efforts to improve global food security.
Plantic Technologies Ltd., North Andover, Mass., developed what is said to be the first renewable and recyclable ultra-high barrier packaging format, the Plantic eco Plastic R.
