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Foreign Material Inspection: Mitigation Strategies for Your Product
Foreign material contamination remains one of the most persistent challenges facing food manufacturers today. Unlike microbiological or chemical hazards, physical contaminants such as metal fragments, glass, plastic, wood and stone can enter a product at almost any point in the manufacturing process, and even a single incident can carry a significant cost in wasted product, recalls and lost customer Read more...
New Research Reveals How Biofilms May Help Bacteria Survive and Spread
New research published in Nature Microbiology has identified a previously unknown way that bacterial biofilms may help selected cells escape and establish new communities. Scientists studying biofilms formed by Bacillus subtilis found that the bacteria can produce a hydrogel that creates enough pressure to eject a small group of motile cells from the biofilm. The process may allow those Read more...
Sustainability Claims Are Not a Substitute for Food Packaging Safety
The push to reduce plastic waste is reshaping the food packaging sector. Recycled plastics, biobased polymers and other alternative materials are increasingly being explored as part of more sustainable packaging strategies. But sustainability cannot be considered in isolation. When a material is designed to come into contact with food, food contact surfaces or the food production environment, its suitability Read more...
Advancing Food Safety: HACCP International Speaks at Panasonic APAC Seminar in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The Panasonic APAC HQ recently held a HVAC seminar in Hanoi, Vietnam. Mr Nigel Asai, Managing Director HACCP International Japan and Korea was a guest speaker at the event. Mr Asai spoke on topics including; What is HACCP and the HACCP International Certification Programme and how this is important for applied food safety. Mr Asai discussed the impact that non-food Read more...
PRESS RELEASE 30 JANUARY 2026
PRESS RELEASE Issued by HACCP International Pty Ltd and HACCP Australia Pty Ltd Sydney, Australia – 30 January 2026. AFNOR International, a division of the certification, training and standards organisation, Afnor Groupe, today announced the acquisition of the HACCP Group companies based in Australia, comprising HACCP Australia, the food safety and technology company, and HACCP International, the food-safe Read more...