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Quality Control
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In-House vs Third-Party Laboratory Testing
In-house testing is faster and cheaper and is the right home for process control. Accredited third-party testing carries weight with authorities, customers…
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Kraft Paper Sacks vs Carton Boxes
Kraft paper sack or corrugated carton box for dry food exports: stacking strength, humidity, fill weight, palletising and when each one fails.
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What is a declaration of compliance for food packaging?
A written statement from the packaging supplier that the material meets the applicable food contact rules for a defined use. For plastics…
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Lab Testing: What to Test, Where to Test, How to Read the Certificate
Testing does not make food safe; control makes food safe and testing checks it. What to test, where, how often and how…
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Food-Grade Packaging Materials and EU Compliance
There is no food-grade material in EU law, only materials shown not to transfer substances: framework rules, plastics, migration testing and DoC.
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How is aflatoxin testing done?
By a prescribed sampling scheme first, then screening by ELISA and confirmation by HPLC with fluorescence detection or LC-MS/MS. The sample plan…
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Aflatoxin Management in Tree Nuts: Sorting, Sampling and What the Certificate Proves
Aflatoxin contamination in tree nuts is concentrated in a handful of kernels per tonne, which makes the sample plan more important than…
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Allergen Management in Mixed Facilities: Nuts, Soy, Sesame and Gluten Under One Roof
A site that handles walnuts, soy protein and gluten-bearing flours on shared equipment has an allergen problem that no label solves on…
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What is the aflatoxin risk in spices?
Aflatoxins form when storage moulds grow on inadequately dried or badly stored material. Maximum levels are set in EU law and no…
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How are dried herbs graded?
On four axes at once: cut size, colour, leaf-to-stem ratio and volatile oil. Trade grade names are conventions, so the specification has…