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New rules and rising risks challenge food safety

Food safety in the Netherlands? Still solid. But developments are piling up, and the food industry has to stay alert. Regulations are tightening, public concerns are growing, and oversight is under pressure. Reporting..

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Guaranteed quality for every piece of meat(substitute)

12 June 2025

How can you be certain your packaging is truly airtight? For meat and meat substitutes, this isn't a minor detail; it's a crucial requirement. Effective leak detection for meat packaging is essential to prevent risks lik...

This is how much ultra-processed food people really eat

10 June 2025

The amount of ultra-processed food someone consumes can be traced in their body. U.S. researchers have developed a so-called ‘poly-metabolite score’ that estimates UPF (ultra-processed food) intake based on blood and uri...

LoopiX: fast and reliable pathogen detection

10 June 2025

Waiting for lab results while food safety is under pressure? LoopiX offers an innovative real-time solution for in-house pathogen detection, providing reliable results within 90 minutes. The food industry is constantl...

Stricter measures needed for STEC in raw milk cheese

30 May 2025

Farms that produce raw milk cheese need to stay alert to STEC. That is the recommendation from BuRO, following a risk assessment of this pathogenic E. coli variant in cheeses that have not fully matured. If STEC is detec...

BOOTSCLEANER launches unique work shoe cleaner in with Elis

22 May 2025

In the food industry, strict hygiene is standard practice. Clean, hygienic footwear is just as essential. Startup BOOTSCLEANER is introducing the world’s first machine that cleans and dries the inside of work shoes. Hygi...

99% of food in the EU complies with pesticide limits

21 May 2025

In 2023, 99% of randomly tested food samples met European pesticide regulations. A total of 13,246 samples were analysed, taken from twelve commonly consumed products including carrots, cauliflowers, kiwis, onions, pears...

Vitamin B6 under review following stricter intake limits

15 May 2025

Years of excessive vitamin B6 intake can cause symptoms such as tingling or numbness in the hands and feet. In response, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) lowered the tolerable upper intake level in 2023. This ha...

Optimise product quality with Mundi Technology

14 May 2025

As a production manager, you understand how critical product quality is. With increasingly demanding consumers and tighter regulations, maintaining high standards isn’t optional — it’s essential. Errors in coding, packag...

Online edition May 2025 | Food Safety

12 May 2025

Food safety isn’t just about ‘doing your best’. It requires structure, discipline and, above all, forward thinking. Yet in practice, it’s often treated as an afterthought. “Most companies mean well, but everythi...

The Future of Food 2025

12 May 2025

Before food ends up on our plates, it goes through a long and complex journey — and that journey is changing rapidly. Will the “Ozempic-isation” of society continue until obesity is a thing of the past? Will each city ha...

Food Safety in Focus with Rob Kamphuis

12 May 2025

Awareness around food safety is growing in the Netherlands, observes Rob Kamphuis, hygiene specialist and owner of Labaz Hygiëne Concepts. “In general, we have things well organised here,” he says. “Food producers say fo...

Column Judith Witte: Making tough choices

12 May 2025

A wide range of incidents came up this spring: warnings about kale and spinach containing bits of rubber, Indonesian Sajoer spice paste with shards of glass, pesto contaminated with pieces of plastic, and chocolate bars ...

Online tool WUR aids HACCP hazard identification

12 May 2025

Due to changes in legislation and developments such as climate change and the circular economy, many companies face serious challenges in conducting proper hazard identification and keeping their assessments up to date. ...

Den Eelder streamlines dairy operations with ERP software

12 May 2025

Dairy farm Den Eelder is thriving. Over the past decades, this combined farm and dairy producer has built a strong reputation by supplying high-quality dairy products to both retail and foodservice sectors. Professionali...

Prevent blind spots in food safety through smart auditing

12 May 2025

Prevention is better than cure. An open door? Not when it comes to food safety. “Having everything in order ahead of time is truly easier than managing a product recall,” says Reinier Schouten of Schouten Advies. “The im...