Minneapolis-based Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. opened a new product contamination evaluation facility in Sugar Land, Texas, to help food manufacturers address safety and quality issues.
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.
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.
Monsanto has provided a validated testing method for the original Roundup Ready wheat trait to the USDA, and, more recently, to government regulators in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the European Union, as requested.
Rexam Beverage Can plans to expand capacity at its Fremont manufacturing facility in Ohio, US, by investing $3m, to facilitate relocation of a production line from Chicago.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced that test results of plant samples from an Oregon farm indicate the presence of genetically engineered (GE) glyphosate-resistant wheat plants.
