Controlling bacteria levels in colostrum is an important aspect of managing this important first feed for calves. Once it is collected, colostrum can be refrigerated, frozen, or have potassium sorbate added to control bacterial growth (though the latter is seldom used). When done correctly, each of these methods can keep bacteria from growing, but none of these strategies reduces the amount of bacteria already present in colostrum. Bacteria can get in to colostrum through contamination from milking dirty udders, reservoirs in dirty milking equipment or colostrum storage containers, and by …

BEIJING - China’s top food safety authority issued new regulations Thursday, setting more stringent requirements on the use and the approval of food additives.
The Ministry of Health’s “Regulations of New Food Additives,” published on its website, set six new restrictions on the use of food additives.
The new regulations forbid the use of food additives to mislead consumers about the content and quality of food or to fake food content.
Using food additives to disguise decaying and bad quality food is also forbidden.
Under the new regulations, food producers are required to use …

THE Chinese ministry of health has issued six new regulations on the use of artificial additives in food.
 
The new, stricter regulations also cover the approval of food additives. According to Chinese state newspaper China Daily, new food additives will only be approved for use if it can be shown that they are absolutely necessary for food production and if they pass tests set by the ministry to determine if they are safe for human consumption. Additives already approved will face reassessment.
 
The regulations forbid the use of additives which mislead consumers …

MILTON, N.Y., April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Sono-Tek Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SOTK), announced today that it has successfully completed a 4 month field test of its anti-microbial coater in a full industrial scale setting. The ultrasonic spray coater applies a solution of the FDA approved anti-microbial agent, Potassium Sorbate.  The application was tested on a high capacity, hi-speed line of muffins, as they freshly exit from the oven. The muffins, which are a relatively high moisture content, high water activity product, are susceptible to mold spoilage and a very short …

  Our company  will participate Food Ingredients China(FIC) 2010 In ShangHai.Welcome customers to visit.
  Date:23th,March.2010~25th,March.2010
  Our company booth number:8C56/8D55
  Export Sales Manager contact :Billy Yang.
  Email:Sales@wanglong.us

Food ingredients Europe & Natural ingredients 2011
29 November - 1 December 2011
Paris-Nord Villepinte, Paris, France
THE GLOBAL BUSINESS PLATFORM FOR FOOD & BEVERAGE INGREDIENTS
Fi Europe & Ni is the event in 2011 that will bring together R&D, NPD, marketing and purchasing professionals from global food manufacturers. With more than 20,000 food & beverage professionals from over 100 countries expected, Fi Europe & Ni is the world’s largest gathering of ingredients buyers and decision makers.
About Fi Europe
Running since 1986, Food ingredients Europe is the global meeting place for all stakeholders in the …

(Reuters) - China needs to reform grain prices and invest more in technology to ensure food security in the face of rapid urbanization, an influential think-tank chief said in an interview.
“China’s grain production is not a problem, the major concern is government policy — policies in grain prices, agricultural science and technology investment, inputs and markets,” Shenggen Fan, director general of the Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), said at the Reuters Food and Agriculture Summit.
Beijing has increased spending on seed development and the use of high-quality seeds in …

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report entitled Food Safety: FDA Should Strengthen Its Oversight of Food Ingredients Determined to Be Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS). The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) exempts generally recognized as safe (GRAS) substances, which include spices, artificial flavors, emulsifiers and binders, vitamins and minerals, and preservatives, from the general requirement that companies obtain Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval before marketing food additives. Currently, companies may determine a substance is GRAS without FDA’s approval or knowledge. GAO notes, however, that …

The Food and Drug Administration is reexamining the safety of a culinary staple found in every restaurant, food manufacturing plant and home kitchen pantry: spices.
In the middle of a nationwide outbreak of salmonella illness linked to black and red pepper — and after 16 U.S. recalls since 2001 of tainted spices — federal regulators met last week with the spice industry to figure out ways to make the supply safer.
Jeff Farrar, the FDA’s associate commissioner for food safety, said the government wants the spice industry to do more to prevent …

International shop window of foodstuffs and equipments intended for the hotel and collective catering, the GULFOOD trade show will be held from 21st till 24th February 2010, at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center. To face the increasing success, more than hundred of French companies will be part of the event in 2 French Pavilions: about 60 will attend the Food and the Ingredients sectors and about 40 in the Equipment division.
 
 
n French Pavilion: FOOD (Sheikh Maktoum Hall) & INGREDIENTS (Sheikh Saeed Hall) - SOPEXA
 
This year, 62 exhibitors will …