by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Mar 19, 2019 | Algemeen
In March 2017 the EU parliament and the commission adopted Regulation 2017/625 on official controls on food and feed. Most of its provisions will be applied in December 2019. The new Regulation incorporates (and repeals) several existing laws, adding new provisions....
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Mar 11, 2019 | Algemeen
On 15 March 2017 the EU Parliament and Commission adopted Regulation 2017/625 on official controls on the food supply chain. The news didn’t make too many waves in the industry, perhaps because – at least for the immediate future – there will be no...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Oct 22, 2018 | Food Safety
Did you know that approximately 50% of the major issues and recalls faced by food producers are not originating from the food producing company itself? To a large extent these major issues and recalls originate at the supplier. Very often the question arises who is to...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Mar 30, 2018 | Algemeen
The 10 US sites of the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) monitor cases of laboratory-diagnosed infections caused by nine pathogens transmitted through food....
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Mar 6, 2018 | Food Safety
Introduction Picture this: you open the fridge reaching for the milk and notice that the carton has changed color: it was bright blue when you brought it home from the store but now it’s dark brown. That can only mean one thing: the milk is spoiled, and it’s not...
