Food safety

Realities of FDA’s “Closer to Zero” Heavy Metals Strategy

Realities of FDA’s “Closer to Zero” Heavy Metals Strategy

The FDA has long known of heavy metals, notably lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury, in foods such as those made for infants and young children. The agency revealed its first draft guidance titled “Closer to Zero” in January 2023. FDA’s “Closer to Zero” heavy metals...

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Bill Adams

Bill Adams, MBA, Product Manager North America—Mérieux NutriSciences   Bill Adams has been in the analytical Food Chemistry space for over 12 years. During this time, he has held positions in Operations, Continuous Improvement, Project Management, and Product...

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Walter Brandl

Walter Brandl, Regional Director of Chemistry North America—Mérieux NutriSciences   Walter Brandl has been involved in analytical chemistry for over 30 years in the areas of environmental chemistry, biotechnology, and, most recently, food chemistry. During this...

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Malcond Valladares

Malcond Valladares, Ph.D., Food Scientist, Product and Process Development, The National Food Lab, Inc.Malcond Valladares is a Food Scientist at The National Food Lab. Malcond’s extensive product development expertise includes conducting microbial risk assessments for...

Covid-19 and Consumer Dining Attitudes [Survey]

Covid-19 and Consumer Dining Attitudes [Survey]

A gift experiences website, Truly Experiences, ran detailed surveys on dining trends conducted with 1,000 U.S. and 300 U.K. consumers during May and April 2020 to determine how Covid-19 was influencing consumer dining attitudes. Its purpose was to give restauranteurs...

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Peter Taormina

2018 Clean Label Conference   Presentation: Microbial Control in Clean Label Products: Pathogens are the Easy Part Speaker: Peter Taormina, Ph.D., President, Etna Consulting Group Peter J. Taormina, Ph.D. is President of Etna Consulting Group, a company that...

2016 Sweetener Systems Conference

2016 Sweetener Systems Conference

Sweeteners Systems Conference Sponsors & Exhibitors Directory Sweetener Systems R&D Academy In the U.S. as in many other countries, there has been increased focus on ingredients that sweeten products by the healthcare community, government regulators,...

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Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus & Founding Director Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (retired) Steve L. Taylor, Ph.D.  served as Professor in the Dept. of Food Science & Technology and founder and Co-Director...