More common all the time, food recalls in the U.S. and Canada have a disconcerting frequency. In the past 12 months, there have been more than 600 recalls as foods enter the market with problems that have the potential to cause serious adverse health effects.
Monsanto and five other genetically-modified seed manufactures launch www.GMOAnswers.com July 29. The website was created to answer questions and create transparency about GMOs.
The Food and Drug Administration’s new proposed rule for food-processing facilities is getting negative feedback from sustainable-agriculture advocates, food-safety experts, farmers, the Office of Management and Budget and farm commodity officials.
METTLER TOLEDO CI-Vision, a leader in the design and implementation of machine vision inspection programs, has made available a white paper that details the benefits that a vision inspection component can add to a food safety assurance program.
Global packaging solutions provider tna and the industrial metal detection expert Mettler Toledo Safeline win the Partnership of the Year award for the hyper-detect metal detector at the Processing & Packaging Machinery Association’s Group Industry Awards 2013.
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics likes the revisions made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that aim to reduce obesity rates, improve educational achievements and cut healthcare costs.