by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Apr 8, 2019 | Food Fraud
What is food fraud? Do you remember the horse meat scandal? It originated in Ireland at the beginning of 2013, when food inspectors found out that beef meat sold at common supermarkets contained considerable traces of horse meat. From there, over 15,000 tests were...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Mar 30, 2019 | Food Safety
Wat zijn de vereisten voor de invoer en uitvoer van levensmiddelen tussen China en de EU? Wat moet u weten? Ham behandeld met pesticiden, vervalste melkpoeder, vlees waarvan de houdbaarheid is verlopen dat verkocht wordt aan fastfoodketens en met melamine besmette babyvoeding zijn slechts enkele voorbeelden van de lange...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Mar 24, 2019 | Food Safety
In het begin van de jaren zestig wist bijna niemand hoe heat sealing machines werken. Voor degenen onder u die in of voor de jaren zestig zijn geboren, herinnert u zich misschien nog dat uw lunchkeuze werd gemaakt door een glazen plank op een aanrechtblad, waar het aanbod een slappe...
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 Fraud
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
Introductie van Nanotechnologie Stel je voor: je opent de koelkast, je reikt naar de melk en merkt dat het karton van kleur is veranderd: het was helderblauw toen je het van de winkel naar huis bracht, maar nu is het donkerbruin. Dat kan maar één ding betekenen: de melk is bedorven,...
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...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Dec 5, 2017 | Food Safety
Introduction Norovirus on Food At the 2017 World Athletics Championships, Botswana sprinter Isaac Makwala qualified for the 200m semi-finals in a quite unusual way: by running the heat – and celebrating afterwards – all alone. During that week, Makwala, along with...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Apr 25, 2017 | Food Safety
Introduction of Campylobacter and what food is found in From a recent report of the USA’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC) we learn that for the first time in 20 years, Campylobacter has taken the #1 position from Salmonella for causing food borne illnesses in the...
