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 …