Article - 15/07/2013 A horse in cow’s clothing Control is good dual control even better. Blind trust in the food industry is not always the best idea. Dioxin EHEC and the horsemeat scandal show how vulnerable safety of the food chain is in a globalised world and also highlights the continuously changing challenges facing food inspectors. Food inspection aims to protect consumers from potential harm caused by food and against fraud committed by the industry.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/a-horse-in-cow-s-clothing
Article - 03/06/2013 With metabolomics food analytics goes all the way In the not-too-distant future, food analysts hope they will be able do more than just detect mycotoxin traces and determine the concentration of individual nutrients such as vitamin C. Their ambition is in fact much broader: “We would like to understand the nutritional and physiological effect of food,” said Prof. Sabine Kulling from the Max Rubner Institute in Karlsruhe. As with other life sciences areas, metabolomics is seen as a key technology…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/with-metabolomics-food-analytics-goes-all-the-way
Article - 02/05/2013 Borderline products – products with medicinal property Borderline products are products that fall into categories somewhere in-between pharmaceuticals, foods and cosmetics. The number of such products sold over the Internet is increasing, and most of them are declared as dietary supplements. A Joint Expert Commission of the German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety and the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices has now been set up with the aim of shedding light onto…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/borderline-products-products-with-medicinal-property
Dossier - 29/03/2009 Options for the food industry Biotechnology has since found its way into the food industry and in fact into the entire value creation chain from raw material production to food processing to the sale of the final product. There are many ways in which biotechnology can contribute to better food products. These include the use of enzymes and microorganisms as well as in the production of food supplements and to improve analytic tests.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/dossier/options-for-the-food-industry