Foodstuff News
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Lam Tak Group Expands Presence with New Office in Indonesia
Lam Tak Group, a leading name in the dairy feed ingredient supply, is pleased to announce the expansion of its footprint into Indonesia, a move aimed at enhancing domestic trading capabilities and streamlining local payment transactions. Key Services Offered: Food Waste Management: Lam Tak Group specializes in the collection and responsible handling of factory-dried food waste and by-products, ...
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Food inflation soars to yet new levels
October is the fifteenth month of accelerating annual food and drink inflation, with prices rising by 16.4% compared to a year ago, above September’s 14.6%. This is estimated to be the highest inflation rate since September 1977. Month-on-month, prices have risen by 2.0%. Higher energy and food prices pushed up UK inflation to 11.1% in October, up from 10.1% in September. Of the 49 main ...
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BD|SENSORS employees are collecting for Ukrainian refugees arriving in neighbouring Cheb (CZ)
Over the past few days, approximately 100 people fleeing from the war in Ukraine have arrived into neighbouring Czech Republic, or more precisely, the city of Cheb (Eger). Many of these are mothers and children. They are being looked after locally by the charitable organisation “Nádech” which has been supporting single mothers for years. The refugees are given a roof over their ...
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Simplified analysis of total sulfite in foodstuffs
Determination of total sulfite in liquid and solid foodstuffs is a critical, yet challenging application. A free Metrohm white paper presents 2 improved methods for simplified sulfite analysis using ion chromatographic separation followed by amperometric (method 1) and conductivity detection (method 2). While method 2 is ideally suited for higher sulfite concentrations in foods with low organic ...
By Metrohm AG
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Grangemouth Carbon Capture & Utilisation Hub
Greenskill have been shortlisted as one of the Carbon Capture & Utilisation (CCU) technology providers for the Grangemouth CCU Hub along with Doosan Babcock, OPUS12, Carbon8 Systems Ltd and Deep Branch Biotechnology Ltd. Emitters involved in the hub include; INEOS, Petroineos, DSM, Diageo, CalaChem and Argent Energy Ltd. The project is being coordinated by Optimat Ltd who have carried out a ...
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Gas Sensing for Optimal Marijuana Medical Use Crop Growth
Following the legalisation of marijuana sale for medical use in 33 US states1 and Canada,2 marijuana sales have become big business. It is estimated that in 2020 US retail sales of marijuana will continue their rapid growth, from $15. 7 billion to $19 billion3 with suppliers struggling to keep up with demand. In Colorado alone, legal demand for medical use marijuana was exceeding 100 metric tons ...
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Total Sodium in Foodstuffs – New Video Explains the Better Determination Method
A commonly used method for quantifying sodium in foodstuffs is to determine chloride and subsequently deduce the sodium concentration from the 1:1 stoichiometry of sodium chloride. This method involves errors because sodium is not only present with chloride as the counterion. A direct thermometric titration method for sodium solves this problem. Thermometric titration uses a fast ...
By Metrohm AG
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Final Report: yummex Middle East 2018 convinces as the leading innovation and trend platform for the MENA region
More than 50 new exhibitors from abroad - Numerous new products focus the trends of the region - Exhibitors are convinced by the high quality of visitors yummex Middle East (ME) has once again impressively demonstrated its position in the top three of the world's most important trade fairs for sweets and snacks. It is the most important international event of the industry for the growth markets ...
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PercoMeta Project, first step to industrialization
A representation of French companies visited the pilot plant of PercoMeta Project in Villavaquerín (Valladolid) during the month of June. This project led by Toro Equipment in collaboration with Cartif Technology Center and other enterprises from France tries to optimize the anaerobic digestion of cereal straw, reducing costs and increasing the quality of generated biogas. PercoMeta ...
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Solutrans 2017
We were present at SOLUTRANS Nov. 21-25, 2017. We thank you for meeting us on our stand 4H173 where we exposed the following semi-trailers : Petroleum 41 000 L in 9 compartments on aluminium chassis Foodstuff on light aluminium chassis Milk collection tanker Rigid with AdBlue distribution system ...
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ProMinent at Anuga FoodTec 2018: Safe foodstuffs thanks to reliable technology
Visitors to Stand B070/078 in Hall 10.2 at Anuga FoodTec 2018, which runs between 20 and 23 March 2018 in Cologne, will learn how foods and beverages can be processed and manufactured free of germs. Safe foodstuffs thanks to reliable technology from ProMinent. For example, using DULCO®Lyt for low chlorate and low chloride disinfection or chemical-free disinfection by means of UV radiation. ...
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Bioconservación at the 1st all Africa Postharvest Congress
Bioconservación participated from 28th to 31st March, 2017 in the “1st All Africa Post Harvest Congress & Exhibition” which took place in Nairobi (Kenya) and was the first congress on this discipline held on the whole of the continent of Africa. Under the slogan ‘Reducing Food Losses and Waste: Sustainable Solutions for Africa’, the congress brought together ...
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Rainfall changes threaten food production
The UN’s latest State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report warns that rainfall patterns will have changed so drastically by the end of this century that agriculture, forestry and fishing will all be seriously affected. “It will become more and more difficult to harvest crops, rear animals and manage forests and fisheries in the same places and in the same way as before,” says ...
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Global wheat and rice harvests poised to set new record
Global food markets will likely remain "generally well balanced" in the year ahead, as prices for most internationally-traded agricultural commodities are relatively low and stable, FAO said today. The benign outlook, especially for staple grains, is poised to lower the world food import bill to a six-year low, according to the Food Outlook. Record global production forecasts for this year's ...
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New, reliable and affordable method for glyphosate analysis presented
Metrohm is pleased to present an application for the straightforward determination of the herbicide glyphosate and its primary metabolite AMPA in drinking water by ion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection. With a detection limit of approximately 1 µg/L, the method is sensitive enough to comply with limit values in the US, Canada, Australia, and others. A free whitepaper ...
By Metrohm AG
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International Day of Rural Women 2015
Every year, this officially recognised UN day provides rural women the recognition they deserve. International Day of Rural Women was established during the 4th UN World Conference on Women in Beijing 1995 and an educational campaign has been organised annually since 1997 by the Women's World Summit Foundation WWSF. The day was officially first observed in 2008 and recognises “the ...
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Good harvests and ample stockpiles continue to drive international food prices down
Food markets are more stable and prices for most agricultural commodities are sharply lower than they have been in recent years, according to the latest edition of FAO's biannual Food Outlook report and a new update to the Organization's monthly Food Price Index, both out today. Bumper harvests and abundant stockpiles are key factors helping drive down international cereal prices, according to ...
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Guideline Published for the Danish Inventory of Nanoproducts
In August 2014, the Danish Environmental Protection Agency published the Guideline for the Danish Inventory of Nanoproducts, which is intended to explain how manufacturers and importers of products for consumers should use the new Inventory. The Guideline describes who has a duty to report; which products must be reported; and how to collect information and perform the actual reporting to the ...
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EC Proposal Would Require Novel Food Authorization for Engineered Nanomaterials
On December 18, 2013, the European Commission (EC) adopted three draft proposals on animal cloning and novel food. The draft proposal concerning novel food would revise the current regulation “with a view to improving access of new and innovative food to the EU market, while still maintaining a high level of consumer protection.” An EC question and answer (Q&A) concerning the ...
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Food fraud: MEPs call for measures to fix weak links in the production chain
The European Parliament voices concern at the growth in food fraud, which it says exploits structural weaknesses in the production chain. MEPs argue that food fraud risks are aggravated by the complexity and cross-frontier nature of this chain, coupled with the essentially national nature of inspections, penalties and enforcement measures. «The first problem is a lack of comparable data, ...
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