by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | May 5, 2019 | Food Safety
It is important to understand what foreign object or objects is / are present in food. 2018 was a record year for food recalls related to foreign objects: there was one case per week on average, according to worldwide data from Horizonscan. In absolute numbers, these...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Apr 8, 2019 | Food Safety
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
What are import food and export food requirements between China an the EU? What do you need to know? Ham treated with pesticides, fake powdered milk, expired meat sold to fast food chains and baby formula contaminated with melamine are just a few examples of the long...
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...
