Protection against Food Fraud
The UK food and drink manufacturing industry had a turnover of £92 billion in 2012 and the industry makes up the largest of... Read More
Mycotoxin warnings
The challenge from mycotoxins is forever changing due for example to seasonal growing conditions, climate change, crop practices and land use. There is... Read More
Horizon Scanning
Some of the information tweeted @BioCheckUK this last month: Investigation reveals that goat’s cheese made from sheep’s milk is being sold... Read More
Intelligence on undeclared meats shared
At a time, when the food industry is being encouraged to conduct sampling, testing and supervision of food supplies at all stages of... Read More
Allergen levels: how low is low?
This is a question where the food industry would prefer some guidance in order to minimise the use of precautionary labels such that... Read More
Horizon scanning
Information tweeted @BioCheckUK this last month: Ø Tesco admits its pork sausages contained chicken Ø Beneficial fungi may support... Read More
Food fraud / food crime
Bio-Check will be attending the following forthcoming events: “Food fraud: advances in combating food and beverage crime” 05 November 2014 The Pavilion, NEC... Read More
Traceability & Control post Elliott Review
After a delay for the summer parliamentary recess the Elliott Review Final Report has now been published and Professor Elliott will present his... Read More
ISO 9001:2008
Bio-Check (UK) announce that they have been granted ISO 9001:2008 approval. For most organisations there is an inevitable sigh of relief as the... Read More
Mycotoxin risk this summer
In the UK, the more unsettled weather in August made farmers reconsider the potential mycotoxin risk for harvest time. The weather was often... Read More