M. van der Spiegel

TL;DR: The aim of this article is to review the state of the art on the safety of major novel protein sources for feed and food production, in particular insects, algae (microalgae and seaweed), duckweed, and rapeseed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss halal requirements, summarizes applied standards and certification, and explores current verification of halal certificates using audits and laboratory analysis, which can use the insights to achieve appropriate assurance of Halal food products and proper labelling for consumers and buyers.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a diagnostic instrument enabling a systematic assessment of a company's food safety management system (FSMS) and its performance, and discussed core assurance activities, their contribution to assurance, and how to judge these activities in a company FSMS.

TL;DR: The objective of this work is to explain the development of a Microbial Assessment Scheme (MAS) as a tool for a systematic analysis of microbial counts in order to assess the current microbial performance of an implemented FSMS.

TL;DR: This article analyzes several QA systems, and discusses the development of a conceptual model that aims at developing an objective diagnostic instrument to assess performance of food quality systems.