A new, easy and quick way to test ice-cream mix has been made possible thanks to the calibration for a near infrared analyser, said manufacturers Foss.
The Danish company said the calibration for its InfraXact analyser can be used for all ice-cream regardless of colour and added vegetable oil. Parameters such as protein, sugars and colour [...]

The laboratory was opened by laboratory group Eurofins in Suzhou. It is recognised to Chinee’s first food-testing laboratory which reaches the international standards for pesticide screenings, melamine and heavy metal testing and microbiological analyses.

Eurofins claim that imported products from China can be analysed deeply and will be in European standards. Eurofins also control the service [...]

L. monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that causes human listeriosis. It is stubborn pathogen which can tolerate salt, pH changes, refrigerated temperatures and inadequate thermal pasteurisation.
Scientist have been developed several test kits which use antibodies to determine L. monocytogenes. But according to US and Indian scientists, these test kits are not sensitive and rapid enough.
The [...]