Category: Food safety
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Ashford has intensified scrutiny of unsafe food entering Great Britain. New figures show the scale of seizures, temperature breaches, and disease-related interceptions at the border.
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Crane NXT has completed its acquisition of Antares Vision, bringing inspection, detection, and track-and-trace technologies for food and beverage into a newly established detection and traceability segment.
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Vietnam is pressing ahead with a wider overhaul of food safety law after disruption caused by Decree 46, with a more decentralised enforcement model now emerging.
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3-A SSI is recruiting technical volunteers to revise five hygienic design standards used across dairy and food processing, with publication targets set for later this year.
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Processed foods led regulatory food fraud reports in 2025, ahead of dairy and beverages, as the latest global trend data pointed to a further rise in reported incidents.
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India has raised recycled PET requirements for food packaging applications. The new threshold takes effect from 1 April and pushes food-contact packaging buyers further up the compliance curve.
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The Department of Trade and Industry in the Philippines has told food exporters to begin testing for mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons ahead of incoming EU limits.
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EFSA has opened consultation on draft data requirements for hazardous bisphenols in food-contact materials, adding another layer of pressure to packaging compliance across the food sector.
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A USDA public health alert covering Blackwing beef and pork has raised fresh questions over inspection status, label governance, and distribution controls across wholesale and retail meat channels.
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Gilbert’s has recalled its turkey pastrami after Listeria monocytogenes was found in the product, triggering a formal food alert and a retail withdrawal across major supermarket channels.