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...
