Breaking News on Food Processing & Packaging

China packaging firm reaps rewards from food safety law

20-Oct-2009 - of the melamine-tainted milk scandal in 2008. “With the positive economic indicators in China

Chinese funding to cut specialist food packaging imports

14-Oct-2009 - of the Chinese melamine crisis last year. “This crisis give us a big impact at first but now it turns out

FDA launches a $17.5m boost to food and feed safety

13-Oct-2009 - to look no further than recent outbreaks involving Salmonella, E. coli, and melamine to grasp

PepsiCo imports fail Chinese quality control

23-Sep-2009 - the administration. Milk powder quality is a highly sensitive subject in China following the fatal melamine scandal

Milk finger-printing detects contaminants to lift safety standards

18-Sep-2009 - of contaminants from accidental sources such as cleaning agents to intentional adulterations with melamine or lard abnormalities can be caused by deliberate adulteration, for example, with lard or melamine or by accidents

US packaging company poised for China growth

16-Sep-2009 - /year by 2013. Although China’s melamine milk crisis last year hit sales of all packaged food sold

China to launch new food safety standards

31-Aug-2009 - system in the wake of a string of contamination scandals culminating in last year’s crisis when melamine ... food safety, melamine, China

New enzyme makes melamine detection easier and cheaper, say researchers

28-Jul-2009 - New enzyme makes melamine detection easier and cheaper, say researchers ... A simple and cheap method of testing for melamine contamination of milk and other foods has been ... A simple and cheap method of testing for melamine contamination of milk and other foods has been ... they said would make detection of melamine in milk, powdered milk, cream, ice-cream and chocolate drinks of melamine in seafood and meat. Cuts costs “Development of the test responds to a call from the World ... melamine, enzyme

News in brief

China's new food safety law comes into force

01-Jun-2009 - few years, including that of melamine-tainted infant milk and dairy products which caused a number

World's food safety labs ready to detect melamine

14-May-2009 - World's food safety labs ready to detect melamine ... Most laboratories worldwide are capable of detecting melamine in food, according to a new study ... Most laboratories worldwide are capable of detecting melamine in food, according to a new study ... detected melamine in samples of milk powder while 73 per cent identified the contaminant in sample baking to accurately measure melamine in food, and it confirms that the majority of labs are up to the job,” said Dr ... melamine, detection

Global food safety group meets with Chinese envoys

04-Nov-2009 - ’s melamine-tainted milk scandal and trade tensions created by a ban on imports of Chinese poultry have also

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Senators propose country of origin labeling for dairy

20-Oct-2009 - said: “With the discovery last year of widespread use of melamine in Chinese dairy products, consumers

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Cognis wins rare Chinese approval for CLA

16-Oct-2009 - that had been amplified in the wake of food scares such as the melamine baby food scare that had led

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Testing must improve to detect supplement contamination

04-Sep-2009 - and high-profile case was melamine contamination where Chinese milk suppliers had used melamine to mimic ... economically motivated adulteration, melamine, nitrogen, protein

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Silliker buys French firm for more healthy food research

26-Jun-2009 - in China – especially in the wake of the melamine milk contamination crisis, which had far reaching

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Danisco results show trickle down of consumer savings strategies

24-Jun-2009 - crisis taking its toll: The melamine milk crisis in China vastly increased suspicion and scrutiny

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DSM wins Frost infant nutrition gong

17-Jun-2009 - such as the melamine incident stemming from China last year. DSM said quality, traceability

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Examining ethics to fight food fraud

22-May-2009 - Lessons learned from the Chinese melamine scandal should stimulate greater discussion of ethical ... Lessons learned from the Chinese melamine scandal should stimulate greater discussion of ethical ... There has been a rash of food fraud scandals recently, including Chinese-manufactured melamine melamine “with little understanding of the severity of the problems caused by their actions.” Trust

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China approves allergy-battling probiotics

16-Apr-2009 - negotiations had been stalled to a degree by the melamine infant formula crisis that erupted on the Sino

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