Product Updates
Contamination Thresholds: This month discussion has continued on proposed contamination thresholds of 0.1% and 1% (w/w) for undeclared meats. At the recent FSA... Read More
New Meat Species tests
The food industry now recognises the emerging issue of food crime. There have been recent suspected cases concerning meat in China, France and... Read More
Gluten contamination
Buckwheat is grown in Russia, China and North America and can be contaminated with grains, such as barley, unless rigorously controlled. As buckwheat... Read More
Contamination Thresholds
Many food companies have been assessing the initial recommendations of the Government’s independent review following the horsemeat crisis. The interim report by Professor Elliott,... Read More
Horsemeat crisis one year on
To keep ahead of tackling the emerging issue of food crime, many food companies have been reviewing the initial recommendations of the Government’s... Read More
Product Updates
Raw Meat FlowThrough™ Poultry is now available adding to the range of onsite tests for detecting adulteration in raw meat products e.g. burgers.... Read More
Friday 13th – frightening, only one year to go!
The current legislative framework for food labelling in Europe will change considerably in one year’s time. The new Food Information to Consumers Regulation (FIR),... Read More
Christmas & New Year holidays
Our offices will remain open except for the UK Public holidays of December 25th and 26th plus January 1st. However, we would recommend... Read More
Re-building confidence in the meat supply chain
Should the consumer now trust the foods they buy? This month the Food Standards Agency released the second quarterly report of industry testing... Read More
Product Updates
There is a new AOAC Official Method 2013.05 for aflatoxin detection in edible oils using Vicam’s AflaTest WB immunoaffinity columns. The results of... Read More