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Smaak & Co aims for high-risk production environment

Smaak & Co takes no risks when it comes to food safety and quality. The producer of fresh cream cheese products and tapas aims for a high-risk production environment. To achieve this, the company collaborates with re..

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10 June 2019

Nu de effectiviteit van droog desinfecteren met het Nocotech concept in de vis- en vleesindustrie veel succes boekt, is er steeds meer belangstelling van fabrieken die poeders maken. Het gaat voornamelijk om melkpoeder (...

AH-medewerkers: ‘Master in vers’

05 June 2019

Albert Heijn zet vol in op het beste versaanbod in Nederland. Daartoe worden drie winkels per week omgebouwd naar het nieuwste winkelconcept met meer ruimte voor vers eten en kookinspiratie. Medewerkers krijgen bovendien...

Wageningen Food Safety Research launched

04 June 2019

Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR) was launched on 1 June 2019. WFSR is the new institute for food safety in the Netherlands. The new organization is a merger of RIKILT Wageningen University & Research and the La...

Dutch National Sugar Challenge launched

03 June 2019

7 days of healthy eating and drinking with no added sugar: that's the National Sugar Challenge of the Diabetes Fund. The campaign started on 3 June and runs until 9 June. With this campaign, the Diabetes Fund hopes to ma...

Detecting bacteria via biosensors

24 May 2019

Maastricht University, KULeuven and Hasselt University have developed a sensor technology that tests products for bacteria. New biosensors allow food products to be tested cheaply and quickly during the production proces...

HAK enters Nutri-Score

23 May 2019

Vegetable manufacturer HAK is not waiting for the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) to take a final decision on a new food choice logo as a successor to the 'Tick', which was abolished in 2016. As of 1 Septembe...

Concerns about filet americain are unnecessary

15 May 2019

The Association for the Dutch Processed Meat Industry (VNV) is surprised by reports in the media about the consumption of raw meat products. It has long been widely known that certain groups of people may be at risk from...

‘Sweet’ culture reduces added sugar

13 May 2019

Chr. Hansen launches Sweety® Y-1: The first culture in the world allowing dairy manufacturers to create naturally sweeter products while reducing added sugar Health organizations, governments and retailers are setting...

Bread spread contains less and less salt

09 May 2019

Dutch people have breakfast and lunch without noticing that they are becoming healthier and healthier. Gouda cheese already contains 22% less salt than in the past. Meats are already less salty and now salt is also reduc...

Demand for a ban on colorant E171

08 May 2019

The Consumers' Association and other European consumer organisations call on the European Commission to ban the use of titanium dioxide (E171) in food. Several food safety organisations have doubts about the safety of th...

Joining forces

07 May 2019

Every year, on King’s Day, the Netherlands is once again confronted with the facts (and with hamburgers and skewers contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria): hygiene is terrible at street markets. The Dutch Food and Co...

‘Stop misleading consumers!’

07 May 2019

IJsbrand Velzeboer is a food technologist and owner of Scienta nova, an independent consultancy firm that deals with the most diverse topics within the food industry. Core tasks: advice, training, shelf life extension an...

Controlling Listeria

07 May 2019

Products are increasingly being recalled from the market due to a Listeria contamination. Data from the National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM) shows that the number of cases of listeriosis is al...

Blokland Cold Stores chooses Nocotech

07 May 2019

Dry disinfection is being embraced by the food industry. Peter Blokland, director of Blokland Cold Stores BV from Cuijk, exchanged the manual disinfection processes within his company for the fully automated disinfection...

For your own safety

07 May 2019

One of the goals of our laws and regulations is to protect us from that which threatens us. The Dutch law, for instance, stipulates that if you ride a moped or motorcycle, you must wear an approved helmet. Many internati...