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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.
The sale of its wine and Blenheim microbiological testing services and environmental chemistry testing division is part of Cawthron Institute’s strategy to refocus its business on supporting the food and functional food industries. Continue →
By Ministry for Primary Industries director general Wayne McNee
At the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) we take biosecurity very seriously, and we have been successfully protecting New Zealand’s pig industry against the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) for many years. Continue →
By Andrew Fenton, president HortNZ
Horticulture New Zealand is disappointed to hear from the media that taxpayers will have to fork out at least $1.5 million to pay for the clean up after the Queensland Fruit Fly find in Auckland in May. Continue →
By Les Watkins
Fighting a government decision, which pig breeders fear could destroy their billion-dollar industry, has so far cost the pig farmers’ association NZ Pork $1.5 million. Continue →
Merck Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck, will feature innovative technologies to address industry needs at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) conference in San Francisco from 16-19 June. Continue →
Newport’s data acquisition system for monitoring temperature, humidity and barometric pressure is easy to install by using an existing wireless network. Continue →
By Carol Barnao
As the regulator charged with ensuring the food New Zealanders eat is safe and suitable, it is always heartening when industry’s efforts to improve their foods pay off. Continue →
In numerous industrial manufacturing processes, the inline measurement of concentrations is required to monitor the product quality and to produce efficiently in terms of resources. Continue →
Preliminary research results released by Fruision Ltd show that sweet cherries grown in Central Otago are a natural source of melatonin at levels over 30 times higher than other cherry varieties grown in the northern hemisphere’s major cherry production regions. Continue →
By Les Watkins
Microscopic plants from the ocean around New Zealand are poised to provide one of the country’s most profitable exports – containing potentially lethal toxins – with a trading value 50,000 times their weight in gold. Continue →
Cawthron board of directors chairman, Ian Kearney, announced the appointment of Professor Charles Eason as the new chief executive of Cawthron Institute. Continue →
By Terry Woolford, general manager, Eagle Product Inspection
Today technologically advanced machines identify a multitude of contaminants in a variety of foods, products and packages. Continue →
By Les Watkins
German research has conclusively dispelled widely-held fears that manuka honey is a potentially dangerous food which could heighten the risk of diabetes. Continue →
GEA Niro will be launching two new products at Anuga FoodTec 2012, the GEA Niro POWDEREYE™ in-line powder analysis system and the GEA Niro RAY™ 2, a laboratory-sized freeze dryer specially designed for R&D work with food products. Continue →
