Fera and Waters Corporation Partner to Tackle Food Safety Issues
January 25th 2013The Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) and Waters (Milford, Massachusetts, USA) have officially opened the first food safety training facility (York, UK), the first of its kind in Europe. Fera is an executive agency of the UK government?s Department for environment, food and rural affairs (Defra).
USP Adds 800 New Records to Food Fraud Database
January 25th 2013The United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has added nearly 800 new records, mostly from 2011 and 2012, to its Food Fraud Database, increasing the size of the database by 60%. The original database contained 1,300 records, covering fraud reports issued between 1980 and 2010. The database compiles data taken from publicly available reports in both scholarly journals and general media, with key findings published in the Journal of Food Science.
LCGC Announces Partnership with the China Chromatography Network
January 24th 2013LCGC has announced a major new partnership in China, with Sepu.net, the China Chromatography Network. Through this partnership, LCGC Asia Pacific will be distributed to more than 130,000 practicing chromatographers in Greater China.