Food Safety plays an important role in the reputation of an establishment. The implementation of good, safe practices will ensure you are doing all you can to protect the consumer and avoid a food-borne illness outbreak.
Cleaning is one of the most crucial aspects of an effective allergen control programme. It aims to remove allergen soils from equipment and shared lines. Cleaning is regarded as the first line of defence against allergen contamination. However, if not managed properly, the cleaning process itself...
The South African wine industry is among the top ten largest in the world, and is also one of the oldest after Europe and the Mediterranean. Wine is one of South Africa’s largest agricultural export products, contributing a significant amount to the South African GDP. With such an opportunity for ...
Acrylamide is a potentially carcinogenic compound that forms naturally in starchy food products during the processes of frying, baking, toasting and roasting. These high-temperature cooking processes are often necessary to create great flavour and texture – but at what price? What is acrylamide? ...
The validation and verification of cleaning procedures are essential components of any effective allergen control programme. Validation of allergen-cleaning efficacy provides feedback on the effectiveness of the cleaning protocol, and very importantly, pinpoints areas of insufficient cleaning. Confi...
With the ongoing SARS COV-2 pandemic, there has been a great shift in public awareness and focus towards personal hygiene and other healthy habits to ensure a long and healthy life. One of these habits – healthy eating – is often characterised by the consumption of leafy greens such as lettuce a...
Fish is one of the eight regulated food allergens that must be labelled in many countries. Individuals allergic to fish are most often sensitive to proteins called parvalbumins. These proteins are present in many isoforms (proteins with similar structure and function), and cross-reactivity between t...
Superfoods are hailed by companies, foodies and marketers as the answer to all of our health-related concerns. But are we aware of the potential risks? ‘Superfood’ is a term used in the marketing and description of certain foodstuffs to describe a product considered to be a nutrient-dense foo...
Climate change is having a significant impact on the world; from animals near to extinction to Venice flooding; the effects of climate change on the global environment have been catastrophic thus far. These effects have spilt over into the food industry, and a behavioural shift is needed to assure o...
There are a variety of sources providing contradicting answers to this question, with some of these sources advocating that buffalo milk is a perfectly safe replacement for cow’s milk. Because of the overwhelming amount of information available to consumers on the internet, the signal-to-noise ...