According to legislative findings, it is estimated that approximately 2 percent of adults and about 5 percent of infants and young children in the United States suffer from food allergies; and, each year roughly 30,000 people require emergency treatment. Approximately 150 individuals suffer wrongful death each year because of allergic reactions to food. This life-threatening condition is called anaphylaxis.
The Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act requires food manufacturers in Tennessee and elsewhere to identify any of the eight major allergens associated with food. The listed food allergens are milk, …

Rockville, Md., June 17, 2009 — Following the recent adulteration of infant formula and other milk products with the industrial chemical melamine, the U. S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention is holding an international workshop this week to explore better ways to detect deliberately falsified protein content in food ingredients. The presence of false protein can lead to illness and death, as with thousands of Chinese children in the tragic melamine adulteration of infant formula this year and with pets in the United States in 2007. Vulnerabilities in global supply chains for …

With China fast becoming a mass consumer of food, health and natural ingredients in addition to its status as the world supplier of these products, the Chinese food ingredients market is all set to take off in a big manner, giving a tough time to other developed and emerging markets. At present the Chinese food industry is learnt to serve more than one billion people.
Since the country’s economy is soaring at an incessant pace with improvement in people’s standard of living, its food industry is expected to grow at a …

In the production of sweet wine, the sorbic acid is often used as a preservative. Only the antibacterial activity of sorbic acid in the synergy of sulfur dioxide will play a bigger role. National standards in allowing the use of sorbic acid, but in the use of the process should pay attention to the highest standards of limited, not excessive. At the same time, attention should be paid to sorbic acid and sulfur dioxide, alcohol content, in order to give full play to the role of preservative sorbic acid.
Sorbic acid …

PDM Group has joined forces with European food-chain recycling businesses, SARIA Bio-Industries, to introduce its anaerobic digestion operation to the UK, operating under the name ReFood UK.
ReFood UK adds to PDM’s portfolio of food recycling solutions, which includes rendering, biomass-to-energy, pet food ingredients and now anaerobic digestion.
There are currently four ReFood plants operating in Germany, which take collections from 60,000 points across the country via 14 logistics centres.
Philip Simpson, commercial services director at PDM, believes that ReFood will take anaerobic digestion technology in the UK to a new level. He …