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BuRO calls for better oversight of food contact materials

More recycled raw materials, less plastic, and greater use of plant-based materials: sustainability efforts are changing food packaging. But what substances come with those raw materials? And could they end up in food? A..

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Lab meat: meat from a test-tube

13 November 2018

Five years ago in London, Mark Post, pharmacologist and professor in the vascular physiology at Maastricht University, and his team were the first to demonstrate in vitro meat. The costs: 250,000 Euros for an in vitro bu...

Looking for functional proteins

13 November 2018

Product developers of food producing companies are continuously looking for new flavors, unique textures and solutions to improve the product structure. The use of proteins can provide solution to these challenges. Prote...

Fish events & trends

13 November 2018

Important events Heavy metals: 149 +39% vs. 2016 Mercury in swordfish from Spain 47 events (-13%) Mercury in shark form Spain 24 events (+380%) Mercury in swordfish from Vietna...

Grenzen van de nieuwe norm ISO

13 November 2018

Tijdens het NEN-congres op 26 september 2018 werd de nieuwe ISO 22000:2018 toegelicht en de Nederlandse vertaling van deze norm gepresenteerd. Wat zijn de belangrijkste wijzigingen? De belangrijkste veranderingen ten ...

Coca-Cola and Blücher, same high standards

09 October 2018

Blücher found a partner with the same corporate values in Coca-Cola European Partners Nederland: high quality, sustainability, and high hygiene standards.  Blücher assortment Eveline Bruins: "We manufacture st...

Solve the problem!

09 October 2018

Student 1: "Hey man, didn't they teach you to wash your hands after you peed?" Student 2: "No. They taught me not to pee all over my hands. Ha-ha!" Just a conversation between two posh students which I recently overheard...

Zweistra Vlees & Vleeswaren wants operational security

09 October 2018

Zweistra Vlees & Vleeswaren produces meat products with traditional craftsmanship. It is common knowledge that the processing of fresh meat products is susceptible to contamination. At Zweistra Vlees & Vleeswaren...

Salmonella RASFF

09 October 2018

Salmonella is een bacterie die doorgaans wordt aangetroffen in de darmen van gezonde vogels en zoogdieren. Salmonellose is een zoönose, een ziekte of infectie overgedragen tussen dieren en mensen, met name in de winter. ...

Dutch people eat healthier without noticing it

09 October 2018

Every year - in the National Agreement to Improve Product Composition - agreements are made between the food and beverage industry and the supermarkets about the reduction of sugars, salt, and saturated fats. A recent ov...

From BRC Food to BRC Food 8

09 October 2018

In August 2018, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) came with a new version of the Global Standard Food Safety, the 8th version of this standard. One of the key issues in version 8 is the involvement of every layer of th...

Crate washing far below standard

17 September 2018

At least 56% of the companies do not carry out hygiene inspections after cleaning crates for food and goods. This is the conclusion of independent research into the hygiene and quality level of crate washing in the Nethe...

Preventing bacteria on meat!

11 September 2018

Theo Legters, Manager Operations at T. Boer en Zn. is a veteran in the meat industry and has a clear view on hygiene. His motto: “Don’t combat symptoms, but combat the problem at the source”.   Theo Legters likes to g...

RASFF events & trends: Milk and dairy

11 September 2018

This article is a summary of one of the many topics covered in the Blue Paper, a publication of Merieux NutriSciences 2018. Topics like: antibiotic resistance, nano particles, endocrine disrupters, mycotoxins and Planten...

22.513 onbedwelmd geslachte dieren

09 July 2018

De Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (NVWA) heeft in het eerste kwartaal van 2018 bij Nederlandse slachterijen 22.513 onbedwelmd aangesneden dieren geregistreerd (LNV). Onbedwelmde rituele slacht Onbedwelmde ...

Fabrikanten gebruiken te veel suikers

09 July 2018

Uit onderzoek van de Consumentenbond blijkt dat er veel verschil is in de hoeveelheid suiker bij vergelijkbare voedingsmiddelen. De Consumentenbond dringt er daarom bij de overheid op aan regie te nemen in het vermi...