Tanzania sees SADC Quality Awards as vehicle to penetrating intra-African market

TANZANIA – The government of Tanzania has said the national quality awards competition organized by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) is a fundamental initiative that will help the country penetrate the wider African business market. The Minister for Industry and Trade Prof Kitila Mkumbo directed the Ministry of Industry and Trade as well as the Tanzania Bureau of Standards…

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TANBASI’s banana liquor suspended over quality concerns

TANZANIA – The government in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania has suspended the production of banana liquor produced by TANBASI Investment in Rombo District for falling below the quality threshold stipulated by the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS). The Regional Commissioner, Stephen Kagaigai, revealed this following analytical results carried out by TBS that detected high levels of aseptic acid in the liquor,…

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CDC declares seafood related Salmonella outbreak over

U.S – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has declared the culmination of the multistate Salmonella outbreak it was looking into alongside the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other state and local partners. The investigations linked the Salmonella Thompson infections to seafood manufactured or processed by Northeast Seafood Products, Inc. of Denver, CO. A total of…

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Neogen Corporation acquires UK-based chemicals company Delf

U.S — Neogen Corporation, a developer and marketer of a range of products and services dedicated to food and animal safety, has announced that it has acquired Delf, a United Kingdom-based manufacturer and supplier of animal hygiene and industrial cleaning products. Since Delf’s founding in 1928, the company has grown from one of the main soap manufacturers in Liverpool to…

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Diversey launches cloud-based data analytics platform

NETHERLANDS – Diversey, an American provider of cleaning and hygiene products  has launched its clean-in-place (CIP) cloud-based data analytics platform, IntelliCIP, globally. IntelliCIP securely collates and processes food and beverage (F&B) production CIP data for rapid insight into hygiene compliance and operational performance. By analyzing and monitoring selected data points, a production facility can easily access a quick view of…

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