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QIB Extra's Quality Policy

19/01/2021

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New Flour Brings Health Power of Pulses to our Daily Bread

14/01/2021

Researchers have developed a new food ingredient to replace refined carbohydrates in a range of everyday staple foods.

QIB Extra Scientists Publish Important Manuscript on Bacillus cereus and Chilled Foods

07/10/2019

QIB Extra consultant microbiologist Professor Mike Peck and colleagues have recently published a paper examining the risk of food poisoning with Bacillus cereus in minimally processed chilled foods.

Microbial Safety Study of Sous Vide

16/09/2019

Our Microbiologist Jemma Snell takes a look at the microbial safety of the well know cooking method, sous vide.

Risk Assessment of Botulism from Chilled, VP/MAP (Vacuum Packed/Modified Atmosphere Packed) Fresh Meat held at 3°C to 8°C

26/03/2019

QIB Extra on behalf of Meat Livestock Australia (MLA) and The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) undertook a project using a risk assessment approach and carried out a challenge test experiment, to establish whether a shelf-life of greater than 10 days can be applied to fresh chilled meat.

New test to combat buffalo mozzarella fraud uncovers mislabelled products

05/03/2019

Scientists from the Quadram Institute on the Norwich Research Park have developed a test that differentiates between buffalo and cow’s milk, and between the cheeses made from them. Applying the test to commercial products, they found that many restaurant meals and supermarket pizzas claiming to be buffalo mozzarella are mislabelled, and instead contain mozzarella made wholly or partially from cows’ milk.

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Industry News

Cranswick could triple poultry processing capacity in ten years

Fri, 24 Sep 2021

Cranswick could more than triple primary poultry processing capacity in ten years to 4.5 million birds a week, building on its 'formidable' poultry facility at Eye in Suffolk, according to prominent analysts.

Agritech will improve human health while solving global food security

Fri, 24 Sep 2021

Her excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, the United Arab Emiratesâ minister of state for food & water security, addresses how technology can help solve food security problems in this exclusive opinion piece.

Food Safety: Weak Links in The Chain

Fri, 24 Sep 2021

Allergen management, effective management of food industry audits, horizon scanning tools and robust hazard analysis critical control points (HACCP) systems will all be addressed in a free Food Manufacture webinar held on 6 October.

Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio backs cultivated meat firms

Thu, 23 Sep 2021

Aleph Farms and Mosa Meat, two companies in the field of cultivated meat, have received an investment from environmental activist and actor, Leonardo DiCaprio.

Heavy goods vehicle driver shortage: what's the answer?

Fri, 24 Sep 2021

The heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver shortage will only marginally improve by sourcing more EU workers; attracting UK drivers with better wages and working hours is preferable, a report has suggested.