Reducing foodborne Campylobacter by 20% by 2025 in NZ
31 March, 2020New Zealand Food Safety has set a new goal to work with industry to reduce foodborne Campylobacter by 20% by 2025.
'Whiskey webs' — a fingerprint for spirits
26 March, 2020A team of US scientists has uncovered distinctive 'whiskey webs' which could someday be used to identify counterfeit spirits.
The food fraud challenge
03 March, 2020Food fraudsters often take advantage of the complex international supply networks, as was shown in the horse meat scandal in 2013. How can food manufacturers protect themselves?
Dwyer Instruments Series AVPT air velocity transmitters
02 March, 2020The Series AVPT air velocity transmitter provides air velocity measurements in metric and imperial units, with a mounting flange to vary insertion depth.
PerkinElmer DA6200 NIR analyser
24 February, 2020Recently launched in Australia, the DA6200 low-cost NIR analyser has been approved by AUSMEAT for Chemical Lean determination.
Reducing food recalls with rapid Salmonella detection
13 February, 2020A team of researchers has developed a technique that can detect the presence of Salmonella in food in eight hours.
AMS Instrumentation ST80 thermal flow meter
04 February, 2020The ST80 is a high-performance air/gas flow meter that provides a solution for industrial processes and plant applications, with direct mass flow measuring.
LaMotte Insta-TEST Peracetic Acid Test Strips
01 February, 2020The Insta-Test Peracetic Acid Test Strips are an easy way to test liquids for peracetic acid and monitor sanitiser levels.
Sour grapes: climate change could threaten wine supply
30 January, 2020Climate change could see wine regions shrink by as much as 56%, but studies show that reshuffling where certain grape varieties are grown could help to reduce the impact.
Solving the lettuce outbreak crisis in the US
06 December, 2019Another unsolved E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce in the US has highlighted the need for better investigative tools.
Analytical workflow facilitates pesticide residue testing
29 November, 2019The Thermo Scientific Anionic Pesticides Explorer provides food testing laboratories with a testing solution for the detection and analysis of pesticides.
Not just gelled desserts: the dynamics of complex liquids
13 November, 2019Researchers have updated a century-old food testing method to provide a better understanding of the fluid dynamics associated with opaque liquids such as those used in gelled desserts.
InSite L. mono Glo swab test
08 November, 2019InSite L. mono Glo is a self-contained swab system for the simultaneous detection of Listeria species and Listeria monocytogenes.
Food: What am I missing?
01 November, 2019Driven by greed and the desire to profit, we have seen an amplification in the incidence of food fraud, but new system applications are available to combat it.
Monitoring quality of chocolate bars in production line
01 November, 2019Advanced sensor technology can provide high-speed scanning with accurate, reliable and precise results for chocolate manufacturers.
