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Our team receives many inquiries regarding the 'significant cereal' group, also called 'gluten-containing' cereals elsewhere in the world. We sympathetically refer to this as the 'Wheat vs. Gluten confusion.' The goal of our four-part series, which unpacks this topic, is to help you go from confusion to clarity.

PART 1: Wheat vs Gluten –
Medical Perspective

PART 2: Wheat vs Gluten – Regulatory Perspective

PART 3: Wheat vs Gluten –
Testing Perspective

PART 4: Wheat vs Gluten – Hydrolysed gluten: health risk?

If you or your team would like to consolidate your understanding of the Wheat vs Gluten confusion we encourage you to join us for our Wheat vs Gluten Masterclass on the 26th of July.

Fish fraud is a major global issue. The Decernis Food Fraud database currently lists 192 incidents of fish and seafood fraud which have occurred over the last four decades; however, the true extent of fraud in the fish and seafood industry is unknown, as most incidents are unreported. Fortunately the species of a fish sample can be confirmed or identified through DNA or Protein-based testing. The mislabelling of fish species may have significant environmental and safety implications. The responsibility lies with all role players in the fish supply chain to ensure that the species of fish that is caught, sold and consumed is transparent and traceable.

For more information regarding fish species identification and confirmation please view our testing catalogue or contact us.

We know that finding the regulations you are looking for on the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) could seem quite daunting. In order to assist we have shared our experience in finding regulations and written an article with step-by-step guidelines to hopefully make it easier for you to find the DALRRD regulations you are looking for. Don’t miss this helpful guide. To ensure compliance for your products, it is important not only to know where to find the relevant legislation, but also to use and understand the most recent regulations.

Our regulatory team understands the South African food and beverage regulatory framework and how the regulations interact with each other. If you would like to learn more consider attending our regulatory workshop or contact us.

Our team communicated an alert with our testing customers on the 22nd of May 2022 with the intention of bringing to our allergen testing clients attention that a report was logged on the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) by Germany in late April (notification 2022:2286) indicating that some soy lecithin supplied from India may be contaminated with peanut. Further on from this notice, recent updates to the RASFF notification, and our own experience, indicate that affected lecithin batches have been distributed to South Africa. If you would like to receive similar alerts and you are not yet subcribed to receive our newsletter, please subscribe now.

If you need any help with your Allergen management control, such as your Supplier risk review or Basic allergen quantitative risk assessment, please contact us to discuss further.

MASTERCLASS:
Wheat vs Gluten

What is the difference between wheat and gluten?

26 JULY 2022

(2,5 hours)

WEBINAR:
What is VITAL^®?

Taking Allergen Management to the
NEXT LEVEL

2 AUGUST 2022

(2,5 hours)

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