Processor hits back as Russia stokes Ukrainian cheese war

10-Feb-2012 - Russia announced on Tuesday that it had banned cheese imports from Ukraine’s three largest cheese producers due to the presence of vegetable oils, but one processor has hit back at the ban, while reports suggest the move could reflect higher political stakes.

Automation necessary to meet 'critical' food safety requirements: Tetra Pak

09-Feb-2012 - Tetra Pak has told DairyReporter.com that it believes plant automation systems are necessary to meet critical food safety requirements worldwide, and reduce the risk of human error.

Silver-ion silicone boosts dairy processing safety – developer

27-Jan-2012 - A silver ion-laced silicone material that absorbs and destroys pathogens such as E.coli and Salmonella will ensure safety standards are met in the dairy sector, its developer has claimed.

Belgian baby formula-linked Salmonella outbreak sickens 16 in Russia

24-Jan-2012 - Tainted powdered milk formula from Belgium has been recalled in Russia after more than a dozen babies were struck down with Salmonellosis.

Europe isn’t ‘squeaky clean’ warns expert, after new claims of Chinese infant formula death

13-Jan-2012 - A leading food safety expert has urged people to remember that Europe is not squeaky clean when it comes to scare stories, following the reported death of another Chinese baby from claimed infant formula consumption.

Canadian listeria cheese warnings reiterated in US

05-Jan-2012 - US health authorities have issued a warning in relation to a variety of cheese and dairy products potentially contaminated with listeria monocytogenes – weeks after Canadian officials recalled the same products.

Tainted milk and website prompt Mengniu share slide

04-Jan-2012 - Shares in China's largest dairy producer Mengniu Dairy Co.slumped at the end of last year, following a new scandal over milk tainted with a cancer-causing chemical and a violation of the firm's website by hackers who claimed it was "doing harm to its own people".

News in brief

Workers spread norovirus in the workplace

04-Jan-2012 - Workers infected with norovirus could put firms at risk of poisoning consumers through contaminated products, experts have warned.

Draft dioxin guidance could ‘cripple’ food sector, warns US industry

04-Jan-2012 - The US food industry is lobbying the Obama administration to ease pending federal guidance recommending that consumers severely limit their daily dioxin intake.

Our 2011 dairy digest: relive the stories that made a milk splash this year...

23-Dec-2011 - From killer ice cream to Nestlé and Danone cancelling or suspending local operations in China, 2011 was a roller-coaster ride for the world dairy industry. So fasten your seatbelts and enjoy our whirlwind tour of the year's top news tattle...

Baby death sees Mead Johnson infant formula stripped off shelves

22-Dec-2011 - Wal-Mart says it had withdrawn a batch of powdered infant formula produced by Mead Johnson Nutrition after a Missouri baby fed the formula died of a suspected bacterial infection, according to the Associated Press.

News in brief

Listeria-linked dairy recall extended again - CFIA

20-Dec-2011 - A voluntary recall of dairy products has been extended for the fifth time since the original recall of products potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, Canadian food safety authorities have said.

Chr. Hansen targets Eastern cottage cheese chic

16-Dec-2011 - Chr. Hansen claims its new Fresco 3000 culture series will increase customer’s cheese yield, reduce production costs and provide greater protection against bacteriophage attacks during fermentation, as the company targets growing consumption in Eastern Europe and Russia.

Admin error led to Canadian listeria recall delay - CFIA

15-Dec-2011 - Several dairy products, potentially contaminated with listeria, remained on the market over a month after an initial manufacturer recall because of an administration blunder, Canadian food safety authorities have revealed.

Exclusive

Japan baby formula radiation fears raised as early as mid-November

14-Dec-2011 - Following the discovery of radioactive substances in its baby milk formula, it has now emerged that Meiji Holdings Co. was contacted about possible contamination three weeks before it decided to recall the products.

Deadly revenge for Chinese nitrite poisoning pair

12-Dec-2011 - A Chinese dairy farmer has been sentenced to death after a court in the country convicted her for intentionally poisoning milk that killed three infants and sickened 36 people.

Industry warns of major fallout from French bisphenol A ban

26-Oct-2011 - Shorter product shelf life, the need to use a raft of coatings and changes in the appearance of food and beverage cans are all potential consequences of the French ban on bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging from 2014, said the German Metal Packaging Association.

Wire bristles went undetected, Kraft admits after product recall

07-Oct-2011 - Kraft Foods has moved to reassure customers, despite admitting that its food safety systems did not detect the potential contamination of cheese-containing products with wire bristles in 2 US factories.

No excuse for ‘narrow minded’ Irish raw milk ban, shout opponents

06-Oct-2011 - The prospective ban on raw milk sales to consumers in Ireland has upset some dairy farmers and processors, who have criticised the measure as “narrow minded”

Special Edition: Dry Decontamination Technology

Ebeam - is the lack of 'plug and play' and food industry naivety holding it back?

29-Jun-2011 - Electron beam decontamination of food is a technology waiting in the wings; a leading researcher claims it can be the ultimate defence in terms of food safety but its potential is being stymied by regulatory hurdles, industry naivety and costly equipment.

More melamine-tainted milk powder uncovered in China

27-Apr-2011 - China is facing yet another case of melamine contamination after police seized 26 tonnes of tainted milk powder from an ice cream manufacturer.

New strategy identified to fight bacterial cheese contamination

27-Aug-2010 - Scientists have identified a way of using a virus to control levels of the Clostridium tyrobutyricum bacteria in cheese to prevent spoilage and minimise product waste.

China reduces minimum protein levels to combat melamine

15-Jul-2010 - China has lowered minimum protein levels in raw milk in the country’s latest effort to stamp out the use of melamine in the dairy industry.

China uncovers more melamine tainted dairy materials

09-Jul-2010 - More melamine tainted dairy materials have been seized by Chinese food safety authorities, raising suspicions that it may be from the same batch that should have been destroyed following the 2008 scandal.