Food safety features daily in newspaper headlines, but this complex topic is often over-sensationalised. So when considering the benefits of new technologies, food manufacturers are constantly faced with the question: how would our consumers react to it? If the answer is 'badly', then it's back to the drawing board.

Mettler Toledo Safeline's CanCheK X-ray inspection system is set to revolutionise contaminant detection in the processed food industry.

Oxoid has launched the Salmonella Precis rapid culture method. This method provides results in just two days, up to three days faster than standard Salmonella culture methods used in food testing laboratories.

DuPont Personal Protection has developed a range of new Tyvek and Tychem heat protective clothing. The Tyvek Dual is a protective coverall that features a front and sleeves made entirely from Tyvek fabric and a highly breathable back panel made of DuPont's advanced composite technology fabric. The Tyvek Dual provides the wearer with extra comfort.

A range of cleaning and surface renovating products that needs no rubbing or scouring has been developed by chemical product specialist FTW. Paul's Restorer has been extensively trialled in the laboratory and in the field and found to produce remarkable results in removing limescale, rust spots and stains, as well as deep cleaning, brightening, and shining a range of surfaces from stainless steel and copper through to plastics and ceramics.

Chr Hansen, the international distributor of Neogen Corporation's dairy antibiotic tests, is now marketing TetraStar, the quickest test available for tetracycline antibiotic residues in milk. TetraStar produces clear results in six minutes and is an extremely simple dipstick test that requires only minimal training and equipment to produce consistently accurate results.

Cumbria's new Food Technology Centre, designed to help smaller food and drink producers move towards growth and larger-scale production, has installed a Flowcrete hygienic floor. Flowcrete-approved contractor, Quattro Contracting - located a stone's throw from the new centre - laid a modern Flowcrete Flowfresh HF floor at the site.

The fit-and-forget design of Burkert's 8201 pH measuring system enables the sensor to stay in place, even during clean-in-place purification.

The water content of foodstuffs affects the physical characteristics, technological processes, microbiological stability, and shelf-life of foods, as well as having legal and economic ramifications.

Microbiology specialist Lab M is launching the first product in its new range of dehydrated culture media for the isolation of Cronobacter sakazakii.

Mechline's Sani-Floor is a self-cleaning floor system that fits flush with the floor surface so that liquid spills and food debris fall through the grate into the basin below. Solids are caught by a filter tray for easy disposal. Sani-Floor non-slip floor grates feature a rough textured surface and are made from tough fibreglass resin, cutting the risk of slips and falls. The floor stays dry and free of debris. The floor system can be installed in any food production or dispense area.