The Food and Drug Administration is investigating two new outbreaks of foodborne illnesses. One outbreak is from Salmonella Newport, and the other is from Cyclospora cayetanensis. The FDA has not yet identified a source of the pathogens. So far, each outbreak has two confirmed patients. For the Cyclospora outbreak, the FDA has initiated traceback efforts
A summary of investigations in the Netherlands has revealed financial gain is the most important motive for fraud in the red meat sector. The analysis by the Intelligence and Investigation Service of the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA-IOD) is based on more than ten years of investigations into the red meat chain.
A plant-based diet could lower biological age in as little as eight weeks, according to a recent study published in BMC Medicine.The diet intervention trial, which involved 21 pairs of identical twins, compared the effects of a vegan or plant-based diet versus an omnivorous diet on biological age estimates, a tool used to gauge both
The last 12 months have seen a number of manufacturers debut product mash-ups.In February, Heinz announced it had partnered up with Cathedral City to launch ‘Cheezy Beanz,’ a product which combines Cathedral City’s Extra Mature Cheddar with Heinz signature sauce.The same month, Heck collaborated with Premier Foods to create ‘Sausage Gravy.’And in June, Cadbury owner
Risk ranking has identified Salmonella, Cronobacter, and E. coli as the main microbial hazards in infant formula. Eight risk ranking steps and seven criteria were used to rank 34 microbiological hazards in infant foods. These criteria are process survival, recontamination, growth opportunity, meal preparation, hazard-food association evidence, food consumption habits of infants and toddlers in
Scientists in Spain have assessed the shelf life safety of certain ready-to-eat foods and the risk from Listeria monocytogenes. The Barcelona Public Health Agency (ASPB) asked for an opinion on the safe shelf life of Listeria monocytogenes in products such as cheeses, cooked meats, including pâtés, and cured meats sliced and prepackaged before retail sale. It was
The Thai FDA first announced it would be revamping the regulations for pre-packaged food labels back in September 2023, with an emphasis on expiry dates and allergen warnings.This move is in line with multiple other Asian countries such as Vietnam, China and South Korea which have all made amendments to their pre-packaged food labelling standards
This is according to Chinese yeast and yeast extract manufacturer Angel Yeast, which has been seeing good uptake for its yeast protein ingredient marketed as AngeoPro.AngeoPro is produced by removing nucleic acid and enzymatically removing the cell wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast.A breakdown shows that AngeoPro contains 82 per cent of protein, with the remaining
While the US has made significant strides in recent years, it still lags behind its international peers in public investment for alternative proteins, Carter told FoodNavigator-USA.”When we look at the leaders in that space, it is a lot of countries that have nationally determined a strong economic and social benefit to alternative proteins,” Carter noted.Countries
What needs to be done before the Human Foods Program (HFP) comes to life, which is now targeted for October 1this year? Well, for sure, there’s some recruiting to do because Jim Jones, who joined the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in September 2023 as the agency’s first Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods, cannot do