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South African riots and food security: Why there’s an urgent need to restore stability
When South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, addressed the nation on July 12 amid violence and destruction of property in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces, he warned of several risks if the situation was not resolved swiftly. One of them was food security.
Useful Contacts for the Agricultural Product Quality Assurance divisions within DALRRD
Here are the contact details for the Agricultural Product Quality Assurance divisions within DALRRD
The ultimate all-meat doneness guide: With times and temperatures
Cooking meat on the grill is one of life’s top-tier satisfactions. Not only is it fun and absorbing to do, the results, if you get them right, enhance your day, your week, even your life as a whole. The perfect cut, perfectly cooked, is the stuff of legend.
New normal: Diner expectations & trends
It is no secret that the professional foodservice industry has heavily been impacted by COVID-19. The ban on food delivery lifted in some markets, whereas others are reopening restaurants…
Deadly fruit fungus could wipe out bananas
Dr Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University explores how the banana industry is adapting to modern needs and constraints.
EU project uses phages to tackle Campylobacter in poultry
A European project has developed a way to help with the biocontrol of Campylobacter and reduce its prevalence in the poultry sector.
South Africans aren’t being protected from fake sanitisers: What needs to be done
A wave of panic buying struck many countries when national states of disaster were announced in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Overnight, toilet paper, cleaning products and hand sanitisers became the most sought-after products on the market…
Breast milk for sale: Risks and costs
Top athletes are always looking for an edge over their competition. Occasionally, this drive will lead them to take extreme, dangerous or even illegal steps to gain that edge. And one of the latest trends to gain an advantage? Human breast milk…
Working from home: Cyber security considerations
Lockdown measures and remote working requirements have forced all business owners to confront the same remote working security challenges enterprises have been trying to solve since the 90`s. Luckily, a lot of these basics are well documented and defined, which makes it easier for adoption in your business without having to go through the pain of trial and error…
FDA has big hopes for outbreak research with new water protocols
The FDA’s big news is that there is now an EPA-approved protocol for developing pathogen treatments for pre-harvest agricultural water. The agency’s nagging news is that its inspectors still can’t collect water or any other samples from animal ag operations without the express permission of the landowners…
Ethics in the food industry
While most of us were focused on rushing around getting extra toilet paper prior to the national COVID 19 pandemic lockdown, the national department for statistics, STATS SA released their latest cause of death report on 26th March 2020.
Pigs at slaughter: Measures to address welfare concerns
Most of the hazards related to welfare of pigs at slaughter are due to inadequate staff skills and poorly designed and constructed facilities. That is one of the main conclusions of EFSA’s latest advice on welfare of animals during the slaughter process. EFSA highlights the lack of skills and/or training of the staff working in slaughtering as a serious welfare concern.
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