A collaboration between two companies has developed a device for detecting radiation-contamination food. After an earthquake and tsunami damaged Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant in 2011 and caused a significant
It sounds like something straight out of agricultural science fiction: a liquid solution containing unique bits of DNA that gets sprayed on foods in order to easily identify information about
Which comes first: clean-in-place systems or plant design? All too often, it is the plant design that comes first, and then processors have to retrofit — at great cost — their equipment
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a “Solve the Outbreak” iPad app that lets people play disease outbreak investigator, as if they were in the agency’s
Bacterial contamination of meat is an ongoing problem and everyone wishes for an easy fix–one that does not require meat producers and packers to prevent contamination.
Irradiation works, but
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Welcoming speakers and attendees from some of the world’s most recognizable food brands and technology developers, the fifth annual Food Technology Innovation & Safety Forum ensued in Chicago on
As a dietitian with a passion for communicating about food production, processing, and technology, I’m often puzzled when I think about the readiness with which consumers embrace the latest
Many of us can probably recall a time when we waited in a long line just to purchase the latest mobile or electronic technology. But, do we have the same
As part of our ongoing expert Q&A series, a conversation with Paul Chang, who leads the Serialization/Traceability initiative at IBM, on how traceability can revolutionize global food
Washington State University has developed a new technology that will allow food to look, taste, and be as nutritious as the original food but with a shelf-life of more than
Food safety technology is going down that familiar path of making things smaller and quicker.
The latest example is found at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario where a team led