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Month: December 2021

Mérieux NutriSciences expands footprint in dietary supplements industry, acquires Dyad Labs

U.S – Mérieux NutriSciences, a world leader in food safety, quality and sustainability, has announced the acquisition of Dyad Labs, an independent ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited contract laboratory, dedicated to the dietary supplements industry. This acquisition diversifies Mérieux NutriSciences’ service offering and expands its footprint in the US to better serve the dietary supplements industry. Mérieux NutriSciences is part of Institut…

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Starbucks outlets inspected to verify food safety issues claims

CHINA – Market regulators in eight Chinese cities have carried out inspections of Starbucks shops after food safety issues were found at two outlets in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi. The checks followed a newspaper report by two Beijing News reporters who carried out undercover investigations from late October to mid-November, that alleged the two outlets in Wuxi had…

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Nigeria’s Ministry of Agriculture reaffirms commitment to tackle Aflatoxin menace

NIGERIA – The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has reiterated its commitment to combat aflatoxin menace in Nigeria’s food system, at the Inception Workshop on Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations Technical Support to Aflatoxin Management and Mitigation in Nigeria held in Abuja. The Permanent Secretary (PS) Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development…

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Nigeria’s biotech agency roll out outreach program to encourage GM cowpea consumption

NIGERIA – Nigeria’s National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) and the Foreign Agricultural Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have launched a nutrition outreach program aimed at increasing consumption and boosting the demand of genetically modified Bt cowpea in the country. The outreach campaign, dubbed ‘Eating is Believing’ further seeks to demonstrate the food safety and nutrition effects of…

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Tanzania’s agricultural scientists detect Banana bunchy top disease in country

TANZANIA – Tanzania’s agricultural scientists have raised an alarm over a deadly banana disease recently detected in the country that can reduce banana production by up to 90 percent as infected plants will be severely stunted. This was after DNA samples from banana plants with typical Banana bunchy top disease symptoms from Buhigwe district in Kigoma region tested positive. According…

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Zimbabwe develops app to furnish producers with information on best practices in beef production

ZIMBABWE – The Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme (ZAGP) – Beef Enterprise and Transformation (BEST) Project has spear headed the development of a mobile application called “Kurima Mari/Ukulima Imali” to assist large-scale commercial and small-scale beef producers with information on best practices in beef production. ZAGP is a response to tackle the challenges facing the livestock sector in Zimbabwe through financial…

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Neogen Corporation ties up with multinational conglomerate 3M

U.S – Neogen Corporation, an international developer of food safety solutions, has announced a definitive merger with 3M, an American multinational conglomerate corporation, that will see 3M’s food safety business tie up with Neogen. The combination will create an innovative leader in the food safety sector with a comprehensive product range and a strategic focus on the category’s long-term growth…

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Ghana’s food regulator destroys 122 cartons of out-of-date Carnation milk brand

GHANA – The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in the Upper East Region of Ghana has destroyed 122 cartons of expired Carnation milk from the Bawku Senior High School. Carnation is a brand of food products specially known for its evaporated milk product created in 1899, then called Carnation Sterilized Cream and later called Carnation Evaporated Milk. The brand which…

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UAE amends nutritional labelling requirements from mandatory to voluntary

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Cabinet has amended the requirement for nutritional labelling under the standard No. UAE.S 5034: 2018 (Nutritional labelling of pre-packed products as traffic light colors) from mandatory to voluntary, in line with the government’s focus on supporting the performance and competitiveness of the industrial sector and easing procedures. Under the standard, which…

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FDA culminates review of notification on health claims related to infant peanut allergies

U.S – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded the review of a notification regarding specific health claims related to the introduction of certain foods to infants and the reduction in the risk of developing food allergies. On August 10, 2021, Prollergy Corporation, a health supplement manufacturing company, submitted to the agency a notification containing proposed health claims…

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