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Food testing processes that once took days are now completed to international standards in minutes. In-house food testing labs with high-tech food testing equipment are now an essential part of the food production process. After all, food contamination can result in costly recalls and destroy overnight reputations that took years to develop.

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EMULSIFICATION TECH FOR FUNCTIONAL FOOD PRODUCTS As the demand for formulating food emulsions with enhanced nutritional value (such as low calorie, encapsulated bio-actives and targeted release) becomes increasingly sophisticated, new technologies are needed to replace current blending methods at a manufacturing scale, most of which are still based on principles of homogenisation. Continue →
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From detecting flavour profiles in brews and stowaway insects in food shipments, to sniffing out decaying meat, artificial olfactory systems are changing the game of food and beverage testing.  Continue →
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Assessing HAZOP and Hygiene Design Requirements in Reducing Chemicals and Increasing Assembly Safety With spray driers now being specifically built to manufacturer higher yield products such as nutritional and specialty powders, many process and quality professionals are looking at “how can we assemble, operate and increase cleanability of nozzles, meet our stringent audit, HACCP and HAZOP risk identifiers, but still operate a complex atomising nozzle, that has threads, high-pressure o-rings etc. Continue →
Testing A team of world class science and engineering minds are deciding whether open ocean shellfish farming in Nelson is a viable option, with any successful project promising to significantly increase New Zealand’s shellfish production and exports by up to $300 million a year.
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A team of world class science and engineering minds are deciding whether open ocean shellfish farming in Nelson is a viable option, with any successful project promising to significantly increase New Zealand’s shellfish production and exports by up to $300 million a year. Continue →
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A new sensor that can detect the potentially deadly E.coli bacteria in 15-20 minutes – much faster than traditional lab tests – has been developed by Canadian and Indian researchers in the wake of the deadly 2011 outbreak that sickened thousands in Germany and killed more than 50. Continue →
Testing Members of the Poison Squad dine at the 'hygienic table' located in the former Bureau of Chemistry building in Washington, D.C. Experiments conducted there a century ago by Harvey W. Wiley. MD. were designed to test the safety of food preservatives.
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America owes its food safety success to 12 young men who, beginning in 1902, ate poisoned meals from a government-run kitchen to test new food preservatives, according to a new Atlas Obscura article. Continue →
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