Keyword: food safety

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EU Votes to Add BPA to SVHC List

21.06.2017 - The Member State Committee (MSC) of the EU, acting on a proposal made by France, has unanimously voted to add bisphenol A (BPA), the chemical used to produce the engineering...

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Merck KGaA Buys Food Safety Firm BioControl

10.01.2017 - German pharmaceuticals and chemicals producer Merck KGaA has acquired US-based BioControl Systems, a leading player in food safety testing. Merck said the acquisition, for which...

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Celanese Leads Scientific Sorbate Study

03.01.2017 - Major US-based chemical company Celanese has initiated and will lead a consortium to conduct a toxicological study on potassium sorbate and sorbic acid. The action is in response...

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Sweden Bans BPA From Drinking Water Pipes

01.09.2016 - In another unilateral move that will keep the country steps ahead of the EU on curbing the use of suspected endocrine disruptors, Sweden has announced it will ban epoxy linings...

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EU Committee Hung on Glyphosate Renewal

07.06.2016 - At its Jun. 6 meeting in Brussels, the EU’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (Phytopharmaceuticals Section), the expert panel representing the 28 member states...

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US Food Safety Group Sues Department of Agriculture for Withheld GMO Information

09.09.2015 - US food safety advocate group Center for Food Safety (CFS) has sued the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), charging that it...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Corbion and Perstorp Develop Joint Product

03.09.2015 - Swedish speciality chemicals firm Perstorp and Dutch biotechnology firm Corbion have jointly developed a new lactide caprolactone copolymer for hot melt adhesives. The fully...

Markets & Companies

Peter Greven Increases Stearate Capacity

16.04.2014 - Peter Greven, a leading producer of oleochemical additives with sites in Germany, The Netherlands and Malaysia, is starting up a new, state-of-the-art production facility for...