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a handheld sensor could help food companies quickly detect within 10 minutes whether their products are laden with escherichia coli or listeria -- before they are shipped out of the plant. increasing regulatory emphasis on food safety in plants and the cost of recalls has spurred food companies to seek faster ways of detecting pathogens. raj mutharasan, an engineer at drexel university in philadelphia, pennsylvania, has developed what he says is a cheap, quick and simple detector that just about anyone can use.

us agribusiness firm cargill is to expand its processing of vistive, a low-linolenic soybean, which claims to reduce or eliminate trans fatty acids in soybean oil. high demand for the product, which was developed by agricultural products giant monsanto, has prompted cargill to expand processing of vistive to its facility in lafayette, indiana. the company this week announced it is to process around 10,000 acres of vistive soybeans at this facility in order to serve growers in the area.

europe's dioxin crisis has widened, with food regulators in belgium, the netherlands and germany placing quarantines on hundreds more pig and poultry producers that received contaminated feed. the dioxin contamination, not only means a sourcing problem for processors, but also marks another european food scare that might put people off their meat. the threat of avian influenza has already hit poultry consumption is some countries, while the beef industry is starting to recover from fears over bse and food-and-mouth disease.

purac claims to have developed a line of ingredients that can help food makers meet new european commission regulations on microbiological criteria. it says that its range of lactic acid and lactates are effective food ingredients that, among other functions, can control microorganisms in food products. in addition to its range of lactic acid and lactate products, purac has also developed several tools to assist food makers in achieving compliance with the new legislation.