(IN BRIEF) In the realm of food processing, maintaining food safety and quality is paramount, yet contaminants pose a persistent challenge. Marel’s SensorX, introduced in 2007, has been a game-changer in bone inspection, setting the standard for the poultry industry. … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has extended a €20 million venture debt loan to Xnext, an Italian start-up specializing in X-ray inspection systems. The loan aims to bolster food safety, support innovation, and promote environmental sustainability. Xnext’s patented … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Electronics & Machinery, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Bruno Garavelli, EIB, food safety, Gelsomina Vigliotti, Italy, partnership, sustainability, Sustainability Innovation, X-ray inspection, Xnext
(IN BRIEF) The Environment committee of the European Parliament (MEPs) has failed to secure a majority vote on the Commission’s proposed Nature Restoration Law. Following a series of voting sessions held on June 15 and June 27, the Committee on … Read the full press release
Important standards for the food and feed industry Quality, traceability and safety along the complete production chain (PRESS RELEASE) LUDWIGSHAFEN, 14-Jun-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — German multinational chemical company BASF announces that it has obtained GMP+ and ISO 22000 certifications for … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Chemicals, Food & Beverage, Germany, Industrial, Management, News, Pharma & Biotech, Technology
Tagged Agustin Sanchez, BASF, certifications, crude glycerin production, Dusseldorf-Holthausen, feed industry, feed safety management system, FOOD, food safety, GMP+, ISO 22000, personal care, pharma, production chain, Quality, safety, traceability
(PRESS RELEASE) GENEVA, 13-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — SGS can now certify foreign food suppliers under the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Accredited Third-Party Certification Program of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). This is possible due to the accreditation the company has … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Food & Beverage, International Trade, Law, Security & Safety, Switzerland
Tagged American National Standards Institute, certification, food carriers, food loaders, food receivers, food safety, food safety certification, food safety laws, Food Safety Modernization Act, food shippers, Foreign Supplier Verification Program, FSVP, Hank Karayan, ISO/IEC 17065, Produce farms, US FDA, US food importers, Voluntary Qualified Importer Program, VQIP
Düsseldorf, Germany, 29-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Die sichere Nahrungsmittelverpackung ist ein Thema mit dem sich Henkel als weltgrößter Klebstoffhersteller intensiv beschäftigt. Auf der Wissensplattform „Food Safe Packaging Portal Europe“ informiert Henkel am 5. Dezember 2013 ab 10 Uhr zum Thema „Adhesives … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Food & Beverage, Germany, Internet & Online
Tagged Dr. Monika Tönnießen, Food Packaging, food safety, Henkel, Online-Seminar, webinar
Brussels, Belgium, 1-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Almost 60% of experts sitting on the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) panels have direct or indirect links with industries regulated by the agency, according to an independent screening performed by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Food & Beverage, Government, Non Profit, Politics, Security & Safety, Society
Tagged conflicts of interest, conflicts of interest scandals, contaminants, Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), credibility, EFSA, EFSA's independence policy, EU food safety authority, European Food Safety Authority, experts, food additives, food safety, freelance journalist, GMOs, Martin Pigeon, packaging, Pesticides, private consultancy contracts, research funding, Stéphane Hore
Keeping dangerous food off the shelves Brussels, 10-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — An annual report published today on Europe’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) revealed that in 2012 almost 50% of notifications related to food and feed rejections at … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Food & Beverage, Government, Healthcare, Politics, Society
Tagged Consumer Policy, food safety, health policy, horsemeat scandal, RASFF, Tonio Borg
Brussels, 6-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has today adopted a package of measures to strengthen the enforcement of health and safety standards for the whole agri-food chain. Food safety is essential to ensure consumers’ confidence and sustainability of food production. … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Belgium, Business, European Union, Food & Beverage, Government, Healthcare, Law, Politics, Security & Safety, Society
Tagged agri-food chain, food production, food safety, food safety standards, safer food, Tonio Borg
EIB and Puratos, a leading company in its field in the food industry, signed a loan contract for EUR 45 million that will be dedicated to Puratos European research and development programme until 2015. 26-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Puratos Group is a Belgian-Spanish family-owned group active in the production and commercialisation of ingredients … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Investment, Spain
Tagged artisans, bakery, chocolate, cholesterol-raising ingredients, confectionery products, Daniel Malcorps, EIB, EIB funding, emulsifiers, fermentation-based functionalities, food industry, food safety, funding, Groot-Bijgaarden, hard fats, healthier bakeries, healthy natural ingredients, nutritious food, patisserie, Pim Van Ballekom, Puratos, Puratos Group, R-D-I programme, Risk Sharing Finance Facility, RSFF, yeast components
Commission publishes European test results on horse DNA and Phenylbutazone: no food safety issues but tougher penalties to apply in the future to fraudulent labelling Brussels, 18-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Launched last month, the coordinated EU-wide testing for horsemeat DNA and phenylbutazone1 requested, … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Food & Beverage, Government, Retail, Security & Safety, Society
Tagged beef, bute, bute in horsemeat, equine carcasses, food chain, food fraud, food safety, food safety issues, fraudulent labelling, fraudulent labelling scandal, horse DNA, horsemeat DNA, horsemeat scandal, mislabelling, phenylbutazone, testing, Tonio Borg, unlabelled horsemeat
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