A recent webinar brought together leaders in food defense and protection to share the biggest challenges facing food and agriculture and opportunities for collaboration and risk mitigation.
Conor Kearney, former Senior Vice President of Strategy and Operations, has been appointed CEO of FoodChain ID. He succeeds Brad Riemenapp, who passed away in May.
The draft CPG describes the labeling requirements for major food allergens and proper use of the ingredient list and the “Contains” statement for major food allergen declarations. It also describes requirements for firms to implement controls to prevent or significantly minimize allergen cross-contact. In addition, the draft CPG describes additional allergen labeling violations and directs FDA staff to examine potential product adulteration due to allergen cross-contact as well as potential labeling violations.
GC-MS-IRMS technology could help prevent fraudulent practices in the booming fish oils market by measuring hydrogen and carbon isotope fingerprints in fatty acids.
Data analysis can help identify potential foodborne illness outbreaks more quickly, reduce food fraud and improve internal safety practices.
Guangtao Zhang, Ph.D., director of the Mars Global Food Safety Center, talks about the need to advance understanding and knowledge sharing in allergen management, especially peanut allergen detection, and how Mars is working to improve detection methods.
A blockchain solution is set up to fight counterfeit products.
Illegal blue color was found in snack food.
Trade sanctions make Iranian Saffron an easy target for fraudsters.
DNA tests reveal meat- and lobster-ball contents were fraudulent.
