Tester detects heat exchanger cracks in minutes
A tester being marketed by a UK company can detect cracks within five minutes in heat exchangers used to pasteurise products such as milk and juice, according to a spokesman.
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Listeria risk: authority tells food industry to toughen controls
Tighter controls need to be adopted by both the food industry and consumers to limit the spread of the harmful food pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, concludes a new report.
Scientists develop fast bacteria detector
A new DNA-based test machine for identifying deadly bacteria is faster, easier to use and more precise than some methods currently used by food and beverage processors, according to research by the US's department of agriculture.