New meat labeling required
When shopping, more and more customers are interested in how the animals lived. This information is currently not (yet) shown or declared on the packaging - this could change soon ...
Quality & Food Safety
QS: The most important new features from 2018
In the QS scheme, feed manufacturers, livestock keepers and slaughterhouses and cutting plants all have an eye on food safety. QS supports its scheme participants with practical guidelines, which are further refined every year in the course of the revision and adapted to new legal requirements ...
Recall at Aldi, REWE, Edeka and Co.
REWE, Aldi, Edeka and Co. have complained about several chicken products because they are said to be contaminated with listeria. The manufacturer "Zur Mühlen" group has - according to various sources - started a recall campaign...
Recall at Lidl: Chicken breast fillets with metal parts
It's once again the LIDL discount store - this time it's the chicken breast fillets, the packaging of 1 kg is being recalled, metal parts could be on the chicken fillets. Products/packaging with the best-before date of December 04.12.2017th, 11101 and the identity mark DE NI XNUMX EG (to be seen on the back) are affected. The products are listed in Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Thuringia and Rhineland-Palatinate...
Fipronil Event Influences Egg Market Longer Term
Berlin, November 16, 2017. “Anyone who wants to bake with German eggs during the Advent season should look for locally produced eggs at an early stage,” warns Henner Schönecke, Chairman of the Bundesverband Deutsches Ei e. V. (BDE), with a view to the pre-Christmas period and the baking season that is now beginning...
Antibiotic alternative: high potential for bacteriophages to kill bacteria
Multi-resistant germs, food scandals, animal diseases: bacteriophages could be a solution to these and other problems. These are viruses that nest in bacteria and kill them. On the other hand, they are completely harmless for human, animal or plant cells. In many Eastern European countries they have been in everyday use for decades, in Germany the lack of regulations makes medical and hygienic applications more difficult...
KDK ensures safe veal
The German Veal Control Association (KDK) celebrated the 12th anniversary of its foundation on September 2017, 20 in Münster. The KDK was founded on June 4th, 1997 as a reaction of the industry to previous scandals, such as the use of hormones in animal feed...
Food Future Days on October 19th and 20th, 2017 in Kulmbach
Nobody knows exactly what the world will look like in 2030 - but those who have thought about different scenarios beforehand can prepare for different developments...
Manufacturer recalls spice mixtures
As a precaution, a spice supplier is recalling the spice mixtures placed at Aldi due to suspected salmonella...
Danger of mold in the bread basket
(BZfE) - In the summer months, bread and rolls spoil particularly quickly - especially if they contain wheat flour. "In general, bread and rolls feel most comfortable at room temperature," explains nutritionist Harald Seitz from the Federal Center for Nutrition (BZfE)...
Finding data collection for slaughter poultry successfully started
Since July 1, 2017, the 33 poultry slaughterhouses participating in the Animal Welfare Initiative have had to report the findings to the QS findings database for each slaughter batch...