Biocel, manufacturers of speciality performance chemicals to the food, beverage and healthcare industries since 1966. For info. please contact info@biocel.ie
PONCs. Price of NonConformance! Costs associated with illness or death, investigations, reputational damage, recall, loss of market share, production line shutdowns, equipment and facility replacement.
Estimates from 2015, in the @WHO European region, showed that over 23 million people every year become ill from eating contaminated food. The result was 5,000 deaths.
How often do you wash? Sanitation must be as often as appropriate, and captured in your #HACCP documentation, to minimize the potential for the growth of #microorganisms, #allergens, contamination and deterioration of food.
In 2020 China dethroned the U.S. as Europe's top trade partner. E.U. secured medical supplies and provided China with goods for infrastructure. U.K. was 3rd.
The recent U.S. House of Representatives report on levels of heavy metals in baby foods challenges the food supply chain to reduce both the levels and fears.
Bioarchaeological study found a stock ale, matured before bottling, recovered from the 1895 Scottish shipwreck Wallachia was found to be a 7.5% ABV stout. Yeasts isolated were Brettanomyces and Debaryomyces amongst others.
U. Exeter scientists have discovered that Vibrio parahaemolyticus, that causes gastroenteritis in raw/undercooked shellfish, can go dormant and later "wake up", having major implications since the dormant cells are not found using routing screenings tests.
The copper pot stills at Midleton Distillery are some of the largest pot stills in the world. They play a pivotal role in the triple distillation for which our whiskey is so well renowned.