highlights
EBI FOOD SAFETY nominated for
Deloitte's Fast 50 Rising Star Award 2009
EBI FOOD SAFETY WINS FIE GOLD 2008 - 2009 IN LONDON
LISTEX™ awarded best industry innovation: "Phages: the future of food safety" [PDF]
April 2008 feature article: Bacteriophages,
New Weapons for Food Safety
Publication Dutch Ministry of
Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
Phages, alternative to antibiotics
[Full Text PDF]
news
DECEMBER 2009
NRC Handelsblad, Dec 23, 2009 (Dutch daily newspaper) - interview with EBI's CEO, Mark Offerhaus. Link
Feature article EBI Food Safety in Dairy Industries, December 2009 Issue. Link
Mississippi State University - publication in the Journal of Foodborne Pathogens and Disease: LISTEX effective against Listeria monocytogenes on Catfish Fillets Link
October 2009
The war against Listeria; feature article on Foodbev.com Link
January 2009
Listeria remains cause for concern in Europe, according to EFSA Link
October 2008
Food Engineering and Ingredients: Eradicating Listeria monocytogenes with nature's own biotechnology bacteriophages Read more
May 2008
Increasing Incidence of Listeriosis in Europe Read more
November 2007
EBI Food Safety honored with FIE Gold Award 2008/2009 Read more
July 2007
FDA and USDA approval for LISTEX™ as GRAS for all food products Read more
FOOD SAFETY CONTRIBUTION TO PROFITABILITY
Food safety defects are prohibitively expensive, perhaps as much as four times that of quality defects. Preventing the production of food safety defects results in gains in productivity and profitability.
- Expert estimates suggest that poor performance (producing and detecting defects) costs the food industry from 15% to 30% of gross annual sales.
- Testing, inspecting and retaining defects can further increase these costs
- Distributing defective food will irreparably harm the bottom line.
Perhaps more importantly, when contaminated products hit the market, an entire company brand can be at stake.
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