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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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Ontwikkeling binnen wereldwijde regels

12 June 2018

De voedingsindustrie wordt uitgedaagd door voortdurend veranderende regelgeving: o.a. op het gebied van etikettering, vorderingen en het vermelden van de herkomst van ingrediënten op verpakkingen. Hoe pak je deze nieuwe ...

The food safe locker

12 June 2018

Do you need new lockers for your staff? Consider Ultrabox, the locker that is very suitable for companies that need to work under hygienic conditions. We spoke with Toine Suijkerbuijk, owner of Locker.nl, about the po...

RASFF Global trends

12 June 2018

RASFF (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) is a system that enables information (notifications) to be shared efficiently between European countries and organizations about food, feed and food contact materials circulat...

‘Involve experts in the reformulation of your products'

12 June 2018

Food producers in the Netherlands need to make their products less salty, sweet and greasy. A lot less, in order to make Dutch people healthier. And that ‘need’ is not determined by law, but by themselves. The producers ...

Stand van food: toename verkopen biologische voeding

08 May 2018

In het eerste kwartaal van 2018 groeide de Nederlandse economie kwartaal op kwartaal met een half procent. Dit is een minder sterke stijging dan in dezelfde periode vorig jaar (0,7%), maar nog steeds een goed groeic...

Sharper focus on Listeria monocytogenes

08 May 2018

The NVWA (Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority) established new guidelines in the updated information sheet 85 for controlling the growth of hazardous micro-organisms during the shelf-life period. It is...

Updated ISO 22000 for food safety

08 May 2018

Businesses in the food sector must monitor the safety of their products. In order to control food safety, they can set up a system themselves, but they do not have to reinvent the wheel. They can simply use existing stan...

Awareness to the next level

09 April 2018

High quality awareness for all employees at every link in the production chain is essential for improving the final quality of the product. A positive quality culture is a significant condition. “Management is charged wi...

Customised, gasless steam production

09 April 2018

The use of fossil fuels needs to be decreased. The supply of gas is finite and exacerbates climate issues. Businesses must look to alternative energy sources, which includes their need for a steam supply. Scharff Technie...

High season for the smoked sausage specialist

05 March 2018

The brother-butchers Bert and Jannes Koetsier specialise in smoked sausages prepared with fresh ingredients and smoked on beechwood. In 2014, they developed a new passion: knackwurst. Bert Koetsier tracked its unique his...

Draft of BRC Global Standard Food Safety Issue 8

06 February 2018

In November, the BRC released "Issue 8 of the Draft for Industry Consultation", a first look into the changes that will be implemented in the new BRC Food standard. The standard is expected to be ready in August 2018 and...

Erkenning FAVV voor Nutrilab

09 January 2018

Sinds 15 januari 2018 maakt Nutrilab deel uit van het netwerk van erkende laboratoria van het Federaal Agentschap voor de veiligheid van de voedselketen (FAVV), de Belgische tegenhanger van de NVWA. Slechts een vijfti...

Gezond eten stijgt meer in prijs dan ongezond eten

09 January 2018

In tien jaar tijd zijn gezonde voedingsmiddelen met 22 procent duurder geworden, ongezonde producten stegen gemiddeld 13 procent in prijs. Er waren zelfs een aantal producten goedkoper in 2017 dan tien jaar eerder; dit g...

Seinen op groen

14 November 2017

Met een stijging van 5,4 procent kent de levensmiddelenindustrie de hoogste productiegroei in vijf jaar. Het ondernemers- en consumentenvertrouwen staat op een hoog niveau, blijkt uit de Monitor Levensmiddelenindustrie 2...

Reducing salt and nitrite in processed meat products

14 November 2017

Reducing the sodium content in food remains a hot topic, and scientists around the world also continue to grapple with the associated matter of reducing nitrite in processed meat products. This was underlined by the nume...