Seafood Fraud – Do Not Trust Fish Names
Have you eaten red snapper lately? Odds are that if you think you have, you actually probably haven’t, since 87 percent of red snapper available…
ISO Wine Making Standards
Winemaking is a time- and labor-consuming process that requires a level of quality throughout to ensure that its end product will be enjoyable. ISO has…
Food Safety Standards
Food safety is of great importance and is the subject of many standards. Mold, fungus, coliform bacteria, listeria, parasites, allergens as well as chemical pesticides…
Cheesecloth
Cheesecloth finds wide use in household, industrial, agricultural, and laboratory applications. For example, it appears in both ANSI ATCC ASN-002-2022: Authentication of Human Cell Lines…
ISO 3103 Preparation of Tea
An ISO standard for preparation of tea, ISO 3103, spells out in great detail the weight of the tea, and the size and weight of the…
Food Safety Testing Standards
Food safety testing standards from ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, address the general foundations for a wide range of tests as well as standards…
California’s Food Handler Card Law
In California’s food industry, the Food Handler Card certificate – introduced by SB 602 a year ago and refined by SB 303 (chaptered Sep. 6th, 2011)…
Food Labels and Standards
A previous post on this blog about food standards and Celiac disease (gluten intolerance) discussed a proposed FDA rule for gluten free labeling of food. Some recent articles by…
Coeliac Disease and Standards for Determination of Gluten Content
Proteins in wheat, barley and rye cause an autoimmune response in people with Coeliac Disease. A. K. Akobeng & A. G. Thomas Department of Paediatric…