Eurofins Scientific--a provider of environment testing services--has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire EAC Corporation Ltd. from Asahi Industries Co., Ltd. in Japan.
AOAC INTERNATIONAL has announced the release of the new 20th Edition of the Official Methods of Analysis--the compendium of methods adopted by AOAC containing approximately 3000 methods and considered the most authoritative volume in its field.
Neogen Corporation has announced that it has acquired Preserve International and Tetradyne LLC, sister companies owned and operated by the private Nevada-based Preserve International corporation.
MilliporeSigma has earned ISO/IEC-17025:2005 accreditation for the culture media manufactured at its Microbiology Quality Control Laboratory in Darmstadt, Germany.
This week, 3M Food Safety announced that its 3M™ Molecular Detection Assay 2 – Salmonella has been approved for Official Method of Analysis by AOAC International (OMA method number 2016.01).
Ecolab Inc. has introduced Synergex, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-registered, mixed peracid sanitizer and disinfectant designed to help dairy, food, beverage and brewery processors ensure food quality, improve productivity, enhance workplace safety and reduce environmental impact.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), along with nonprofit research and development firm Battelle, have announced a new food fraud assessment tool called EMAlert.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of folic acid fortification in corn masa flour on April 14, 2016. The approval allows manufacturers to voluntarily add up to 0.7 milligrams of folic acid per pound of corn masa flour, consistent with the levels of certain other enriched cereal grains.
3M Food Safety has announced the availability of software enhancements to its 3M Petrifilm Plate Reader, a peripheral device that serves as an automated alternative to the more time-consuming task of manually counting and documenting colonies of bacteria on 3M Petrifilm Plates indicator tests.
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