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KENYA – Capwell industries has been fined ksh600,000 ($5565.86) for misrepresenting the quality and ingredients of the brand to consumers by the competition Authority of Kenya (CAK). This was after an investigation was carried out in their major retail stores on fortification and labelling claims millers made in the financial year ended June 2020. CAK is a Kenyan authority which…
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US – Thermo Fisher Scientific, an American company that deals in provision of scientific instrumentation, reagents and consumables, has received approval for use of its salmonella testing kit from the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) International. AOAC International brings together government, industry, and academia to establish standard methods of analysis that ensure the safety and integrity of foods and…
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AFRICA – Professor Alex Dodoo has been elected as president of the 26th General Assembly of the African Organization for Standardization (ARSO). ARSO is Africa’s inter-governmental standards body formed by the then Organization of African Unity (currently the African Union) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Accra, Ghana in 1977. Its fundamental mandate is to develop…
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U.S. – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified improper holding time/temperature, poor personal hygiene, contaminated equipment,inadequate cooking and unsafe sources of food as the risk factors in retail food store deli departments in the United States . This is according to a study they had conducted to investigate the relationship between Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS), Certified Food…
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U.S – NEOGEN Corporation has announced that the U.S. Environmental protection Agency (EPA) has granted an expedited, initial registration for Neogen to distribute Neogen Viroxide Super disinfectant in the U.S., in part to help slow the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. The company’s Food Safety Division markets dehydrated culture media and diagnostic test kits to detect food-borne bacteria,…
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INDIA – Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has recognized an indigenous food testing equipment known as Precision Iodine Value Analyzer (PIVA), used for the measurement of the degree of unsaturation; Iodine Value, in vegetable oils. Conventionally, Iodine value is determined using manual titration, and few analytical instruments based on automated titration are also available in the market.…
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WORLD – Neogen, a leading provider of environmental monitoring solutions for the food and beverage industry, is helping companies reduce risk by increasing access and visibility to food safety testing results. It has availed their Neogen Analytics Environmental monitoring program to qualified food and beverage manufacturers for an entire year, at no cost. The corporation will waive the Neogen Analytics…
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USA -The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) has petitioned USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) for a new labeling scheme for beef products. The NCBA is the oldest and largest national trade association representing U.S. cattle producers, with more than 25,000 direct members and more than 250,000 producers represented through its 46 state affiliate associations. This is the second…
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INDIA- The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a latest order to food business operators, requiring them to specify FSSAI license or registration number on cash receipts or purchase invoice with effect from October 1 this year. The FSSAI mentioned that the move will succor consumers who can lodge online complaints against a particular business using…
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WORLD- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a challenge to spur the development of affordable, tech-enabled traceability tools to help protect people and animals from contaminated foods. This will also enable the rapid identification of their sources and help remove the contaminated products from the marketplace as quickly as possible. The new era of smarter food safety low…
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