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The Impact of Climate Change on Global Food Security
We all need food to survive, but did you know that climate change is making it harder for people to get enough of it? Food security means having reliable access to enough nutritious food, but rising temperatures, weird weather, and natural disasters are messing up food production all around the world. In this post, we’ll… Read more
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Ground Coffee vs. Instant Coffee
Coffee is one of the most popular beverages worldwide, cherished for its rich flavor and stimulating effects. Whether you prefer the convenience of instant coffee or the robust taste of ground coffee, understanding their health implications can help you make an informed choice. Here’s a comparative look at the health aspects of ground coffee and… Read more
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Food Safety Culture Plan
Food safety organizational culture has historically been overlooked but is now gaining popularity. Noncompliance with quality and food safety management system regulations is a common and serious issue to all who are working in food industry. Research suggests that food safety involves both microbiological and behavioral factors (Griffith and Redmond, 2009). According to Howes et… Read more
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KOMBUCHA
What Exactly Is Kombucha?Kombucha is a fizzy sweet-and-sour tea drink. Many people claim it relieves or prevents a wide range of health issues, from hair loss to cancer and AIDS. There is little research on kombucha tea. According to preliminary research, kombucha tea may provide benefits similar to probiotic supplements. Some research suggests that kombucha… Read more
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Nutritional and Health Benefits of Jack fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) Leaves
The Artocarpus heterophyllus (Jackfruit) is a species of tree of the mulberry family Moraceae. Jackfruit is native to Western Ghats of India, south-eastern Asia, eastern Africa, Brazil, Australia, and many Pacific Islands. It is a non-seasonal fruit and had a major contribution to the food supply of the people and their livestock when there were… Read more
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Pest Control in the Food Processing Industry
The presence of pests in food production and preparation areas has always been unacceptable. Pest management is part of the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for food business, which is a prerequisite for the HACCP, based procedures in place. As an integral part of GMPs, it should be carried out with due diligence and properly documented.… Read more
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Plant-based Milks
Many consumers are interested in decreasing their consumption of animal products because of health, environmental and ethical reasons. Therefore food technologists searching for alternative plant based products. Many researches findings are prove that the consumption of high levels of animal-based products, particularly those obtained from cows, such as beef and milk, is one of the… Read more
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ISO 22000:2018; How to prepare the context of the organization
Context of the organization is a new requirement in ISO 22000, this section requires the organization to analyses its context, determine its interested parties, define the scope of the food safety management system, and a clear focus on the processes and requirements needed to achieve the food safety objectives. In the ISO 22000:2018 standard,… Read more
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Are you update on the labeling regulations related to bio-engineered food??
Bio-engineered food, also referred to as genetically engineered (GE) or genetically modified (GM) are food for which the DNA of the source organism has been artificially modified in some way, ordinarily to alter traits of that organisms. The first commercial GM crop have been sale in 1994; calgene produced a tomato for which ripening could… Read more
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How to validate your heat process??
Heat processing is at the very center of food preservation and is one of the most well-known and practiced areas of food manufacturing. The heat process has a critical role in ensuring that foods are safe from microbiological contamination and remain high in nutritional and sensory attributes. Heat process validation tests the effectiveness of the… Read more
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Food safety aspect of insects as food ingredients
Edible insects are a well – admire food source in many regions of Africa,Asia and the America.Globally over 2,000 species are know to be edible and consumed by approximately 2 billion people. Insect consumption is usually promoted for 3 major reasons Nutrition value Environment benefits Live-hood improvement (social & economical factors) The demand for affordable,… Read more
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VACCP – Vulnerability Assessment Critical Control Points
Basically Food safety management system is consists with three parts which are; Food Safety – Mitigation of unintentional/ accidental adulteration ; Science based Food defense – Mitigation of intentional adulteration ; Ideologically motivated Food fraud – Mitigation of intentional adulteration ; Economically motivated The two main types of economically-motivated adulteration are: • Sale of food… Read more
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