Articles Tagged with ''food safety testing''

Increasing cases of foodborne illnesses due to food contamination and rising consumer inclination toward better quality and safe food are expected to fuel the demand for pathogen testing in the global food safety testing market by the end of forecast period, according to a report published by Allied Market Research, Portland, Ore.

The food safety testing market was valued at $12.01 billion in 2016, and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 7.60% from 2017, to reach $18.54 billion by 2022, according to a study produced by MarketsandMarkets, New York.

Global ID Group, Fairfield, Iowa, rebranded as FoodChain ID, effective immediately, comprised of three divisions—Genetic ID, CertID and FoodChain ID.

CERTUS, Salt Lake City, Utah, revealed that its in-house pathogen testing system now delivers swab-to-result in as little as eight hours.

The food industry is likely to stimulate the food pathogen testing market size, which was pegged at a valuation of $3 billion in 2016, according to a study produced by Global Market Insights, Inc., Ocean View, Del.

Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, Minn., launched a new health department intelligence (HDI) platform that helps foodservice operators better understand their health inspection results, improve health inspection performance and better manage food safety risks across multiple sites.

Bühler partnered with Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash., to unveil groundbreaking digital technologies designed to minimize toxic contamination, reduce food waste and increase end product quality across the whole food value chain.

Micreos, The Netherlands, released the results of a newly published scientific study that found PhageGuard S, a new treatment for Salmonella reduction on food products, to be more effective than lactic acid (LA) and peracetic acid (PAA).

The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), Arlington, Va., announced a new collaboration with Mérieux NutriSciences, Chicago, to develop a food safety program that measures the implementation of AFFI’s best food safety practices for environmental monitoring.

Food companies concerned about the safety of their supply chain can now get a free “Ingredient Risk Assessment” using HorizonScan, a comprehensive database of food safety and fraud reports.