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 – Official Controls Regulation. Most of its provisions will be applied in December 2019. The new Regulation incorporates (and repeals) several...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Mar 11, 2019 | Algemeen
On 15 March 2017 the Official Controls Regulation on the food supply chain was adopted by the EU Parliament and Commission in Regulation 2017/625 on . The news didn’t make too many waves in the industry, perhaps because – at least for the immediate future...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Oct 22, 2018 | Food Safety
Which Food Fraud and other hazards are causing issues? 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...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Mar 6, 2018 | Food Safety
Introduction of Nanotechnology 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,...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Jan 17, 2018 | Food Safety
Johannesburg – The World Health Organisation has said South Africa’s Listeria outbreak, with nearly 750 confirmed cases, is believed to be the largest-ever outbreak of the bacterial disease listeriosis. The second largest outbreak of listeriosis was in...
