September is Food Safety Education Month! According to the FDA, the importance of food safety is learning and educating others on taking an active role in preventing foodborne
Monthly Archives: September 2020
- Sep 22 2020
Oterra™ Natural Colors
Categories: Food IngredientsWhether you make beverages, confectionery, dairy products, ice cream, or other prepared foods, together with Oterra, we can help match the exact color you need for your product. Covering natural colors, fruit, and vegetable concentrates, there are more than 600 unique products. Together we will work to develop unique new colors designed to optimize your formulation and bring extra value to your new, or redesigned products.
Oterra has a robust global quality management system and supply chain that promise to consistently deliver the right quality, at the right time, and in the right amount. Focusing on quality control, product safety, and product security at every stage of activity throughout the entire value chain—raw material selection, surveillance of suppliers through production and packaging, distribution, and application on your premises.
- Sep 14 2020
Delvotest®: A Gold Standard
Forty years ago, DSM introduced Delvotest®, an easy to use, reliable, antibiotic residue test for farmers, dairies, and milk control laboratories. Today, Delvotest® is the gold standard for antibiotic residue testing in the global dairy industry, since it provides the confidence to meet increasingly stringent global legislation and quality demands.
When it comes to individuals daily food consumption, the last thing we seem to worry about is the presence of antibiotic residue in our meats or dairy products. But if a dairy cow had an antibiotic in its system that was designed to fight off a bacterial infection, the residue from the antibiotic could easily be carried over to the milk the cow produced, which is not good. If the entire tank truck of milk was contaminated with antibiotics, the whole thing must be discarded per the FDA.