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 …

 
Potassium Sorbate is a naturally occurring potassium salt that is used extensively in food preservation. When potassium sorbate is dissolved in water, it ionizes to form sorbic acid, which is effective against numerous micro-organisms such as molds, yeasts and bacteria. It is widely used in preserving margarine, yogurt, pie fillings, icings, baking mixes, cheeses, icings, salted fish, fruit products and other foods that come in packages. Potassium sorbate has been cleared for use and approved as a food preservative by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). You can easily …

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 …

DUBAI // With tragedies behind and challenges ahead, the time is ripe for the new federal food law, and it will be in force by the end of the year, authorities said yesterday.
Four children aged eight or younger died from food poisoning in Dubai last year.
 
Even as the country’s emirate-by-emirate food regulations are brought under a single federal umbrella, Rashid bin Fahad, the Minister of Environment and Water, identified looming new risks to the food supply.
“Despite the development and advancement in food technology and manufacturing, we still face many challenges …

According to reports in the Japanese Industrial and Economic News, China and Japan are close to signing an agreement on food safety.
It is reported that the two governments reached an understanding on the agreement in October 2009, during a meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
The report states the purpose of the agreement is to reassure Japanese consumers following the “Poisonous Dumplings Incident” in 2008 when ten Japanese suffered from food poisoning as a result of eating dumplings made in China. Under the agreement, Japanese …