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Food Safety

Positive salmonella test leads to recall of earlier lot of macadamia nuts

Company found bacteria during routine finished product testing of NOW Real Food raw macadamias

June 17, 2020

NOW Health Group Inc. found salmonella in routine finished product sampling of raw macadamia nuts, causing a recall of an earlier lot that had been distributed nationwide and online.

CANNABIS PRODUCTS | JUNE 2020

Questions to Consider When Establishing Cannabis Food and Beverage Manufacturing

Companies have multiple questions to address when establishing production dynamics for manufacturing cannabis-infused foods or beverages.

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

June 2, 2020

Companies looking to establish or fine-tune the parameters required for production of cannabis-infused foods and beverages need to take a hard look at their supply chain.

New Plant Products

Liquid chromatography system

May 6, 2020

Food labs can optimize routine testing and quality control workflows with the Vanquish Core HPLC system, which automatically monitors and tracks mobile phase consumption and waste accumulation.

New Plant Products

InSite L. mono Glo is a self-contained, environmental sampling and screening test for listeria species and Listeria monocytogenes for environmental monitoring in food processing facilities after cleaning.

CANNABIS PRODUCTS | JUNE 2019

Cannabis Potency Analyzer

June 27, 2019

This high-performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC) is designed for quantitative determination of cannabinoid content.

CANNABIS PRODUCTS | JUNE 2019

QSight 400 Series Triple Quad Mass Spectrometer

June 27, 2019

This highly sensitive analytical instrument is designed for rapid identification and quantitation of pesticides, mycotoxins and emerging contaminants in complex food, cannabis and environmental testing applications.

Sara Lee celebrates grand opening of its R&D innovation center, test kitchen

Sharon Spielman

June 25, 2019

Sara Lee Frozen Bakery celebrates the addition of a state-of-the-art 10,000 sq.-ft. R&D innovation center and test kitchen with an opening ceremony at its headquarters in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.

CANNABIS PRODUCTS | JUNE 2019

Cannabis testing is an exact science - regulations are not

Wayne Labs

June 24, 2019

In the U.S., there are 33 states, plus the District of Columbia, with some form of legal cannabis for medicinal purposes, and 10 states that allow it for recreational use. However, when it comes to specifying the level of THC, CBD, terpenes and the other 80 or so constituent components in cannabis, there's a smorgasbord of rules and regulations.

Inspecto's portable contaminant detector

Engineering R&D

Test for chemical contaminants on the spot

Wayne Labs

May 22, 2019

A new, portable contaminant detector—now in trials by food processors and supply chain participants—promises to make testing for unwanted chemical constituents much faster and easier, truly "on the spot."

Innovation

In-home testing offers numerous benefits for product developers

Jerry W. Thomas

May 14, 2019

In-home testing (iHUT) traces its origins to the consumer packaged goods industries and the formation of the first marketing research departments during the 1920s and 1930s. With the end of World War II in 1945, the practice of in-home usage testing spread rapidly.

Industrial Heat Pumps: Sustainable Energy Solutions for Now and the Future

FMTE Formed by Four Food Manufacturing Companies

Coalition Unites Europe’s Food Manufacturing Technologies and Equipment Sector

FDA Approves Three Food Colors from Natural Sources

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June 17, 2025

Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ State of the Cold Chain

Kelley Rodriguez, Editor in Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, will be joined in this 60-minute webinar by industry experts to help unpack the latest research.

January 1, 2030