Revised food code aims to tackle foodborne illness
Revisions to minimum cooking temperatures and stronger cleaning and sanitising requirements have been added to the US 2013 Food Code.
Archives for November 15, 2013
Penford broadens fiber portfolio with corn variant
Penford Food Ingredients has developed a corn-based fiber that it says has a cleaner flavor than other corn fibers – opening up broader application opportunities.
FDA issues 'softly worded' draft guidance on acrylamide
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a draft guidance for the food industry to help growers, manufacturers and operators work toward reducing levels of acrylamide in certain foods.
Special edition: Super grains!
Barley ‘always a bridesmaid, never a bride’: getting this super grain into the spotlight
Long the victim of an outdated image problem—canned beef and barley soup anyone?—barley has the nutritional profile, cost and versatility that should catapult into the realm of super grains like quinoa and kamut. And yet, barley often ends up buried on...
Yes on I-522 campaign: Fight for GMO labeling isn’t over, we’ll be back in 2016.
UPDATED -The campaign urging voters to say ‘YES’ to Washington State’s GMO labeling initiative 522 has acknowledged that it will not pass, but said the latest results show the tally was so close that had more young ‘progressive’ residents turned out to...
50 years on: General Mills caught up in toxic solvent investigation
Cereal giant General Mills is still working to undo the impact of poor waste disposal over 50 years ago at an old R&D center in Minneapolis as a new investigation is launched.
Trans fat crackdown: How long does the industry really need to eradicate partially hydrogenated oils from the US food supply?
There will be pressure from some corners to give the food industry several years to phase out partially hydrogenated oils, but from a technical perspective, viable alternatives are already out there for pretty much every application, according to one...