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Driven by stringent safety testing norms and manufacturing regulations, the food safety testing market size will exceed $29.5 billion by 2027, as per Global Market Insights Inc.

Residual and potentially dangerous chemicals in food and drinking water have been in the news lately (see this month’s Manufacturing News for an update on PFAS) as one such report found that 80% of urine samples drawn from children and adults in the U.S. contained glyphosate. FOOD ENGINEERING has also had its share of news on heavy metals in food and baby food. Why are we seeing so much contamination?

The LAAF final rule establishes a laboratory accreditation program for the testing of food in certain circumstances.

The recall was initiated when metal (wire) was found inside a portion of the cookies.

Much of the microbiological and quality testing done by the food industry is conducted to meet customer demands. This is especially true with products that are deemed high risk. Examples of such products are meat, dairy, and almost any product containing protein, plus any product that does not incorporate a kill step in the process.

The alert is due to concerns that specific ground beef products may be adulterated with E. coli O157:H7.

Only the Wild Cherry flavored Capri Sun products with the case/package information below are affected.

FSIS has released a generic hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) model for raw non-intact egg products.

Loma Systems will put its technologies on display at IBIE 2022 in booth #6808.

The pizza product may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically metal.