For the very first time the Food Experts` Awards (FEA), the international awards for innovation and excellence in the Food and Beverage sector, are organized this year in Greece, by CIBUM (www.cibum.gr) .

Tsakalidis Analysis & Testing laboratories in support of the scientific and research community were a Bronze Sponsor at the Marine and Inland Water Research Symposium 2022.

Food contact materials and articles (FCM) are a large category of consumer goods, which come into contact with food or are intended to come into contact with them. That is, when we say FCM we mean food packaging materials as well as household or industrial utensils and equipment used for transporting, storing, preparing, producing and serving food.

The Tsakalidis Analysis & Testing laboratory, always supporting the creative dialogue and capturing the challenges & concerns of the Metrology community, participated in the 8th Metrology Conference - METROLOGY 22.

Tsakalidis Analysis & Testing labs will participate in the 17th International Exhibition of Packaging, Machinery, Printing & Logistics (SYSKEVASIA 22) that will be held at the Metropolitan EXPO in Athens, from 30/9/22 till 3/10/22.

What is legionellosis and how is it transmitted?
Legionellosis is an infection caused by gram-negative bacteria of the Legionella genus. Twenty four of 58 known Legionella species have been implicated in human disease.

In the section New trends in food safety belonged the PETETsΆ conference entitled "The impact of legislation and novel materials in the food industry" held yesterday at Metropolitan expo exhibition centre, in the context of Foodtech 2021.

EFSA has just updated its safety assessment of the food additive titanium dioxide (E 171), following a request by the European Commission in March 2020

The European Commission has stepped up its control of sesame seeds from India as recalls due to contamination by pesticide residues continue.

Due to the last pandemic, the hygiene requirements of catering and living areas have increased and the auditing authorities have intensified checks

The European Commission`s Directorate General for Health and Food Safety has published a document that seeks to answer key questions facing food operators in the light of the COVID-19 epidemic

As part of the World Health Organization`s announcement of 11/3/2020 - which declared the coronavirus epidemic as a pandemic - we would like to inform you that we have taken several measures and modifications on our operation that seeking to:

It would be a great pleasure to invite you to visit us at the FOODEXPO 2020 International Exhibition.

16-17-18 May 2020
Metropolitan Expo Exhibition Center
Room 2, Kiosk B33.

Our laboratory successfully passed the regular(annual) inspection of ESYD for review and transition Tsakalidis Analysis&Testing Inc. in ISO 17025:2017

This year the Tsakalidis Analysis&Testing Inc. celebrates its 80 years successful presence in the metrology field. We thank you all for your honoring preference and trust.

On the scientific day conference “Food packaging: from research to production”, our laboratory director Dr Panayiota Drillia presented a speech themed «Migration testing quidelines for FCM: Current techniques,challenges and developments»

EFET was already made the first withdrawls of sausage in which the pigment E120 (carmine, carminic acid, cochineal) was detected.

The verocytotoxin E. coli (VTEC) in accordance to the Directive (EC) 95/2003 on the monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents is notifiable.

Bivalve molluscs (mussels, cockles, oysters, clams etc) are very delicious and nutritious food. However, the consumption of raw or slightly cooked bivalve molluscs, which are collected from areas with contaminated water, may lead to disease.

The homogeneity testing is done by using an appropriate tracer at the stage of production

According to EU Regulation 2073/2005, the responsibles of a food manifacture, must be able to proove at all times to the relevant authorities, the category of their products according to the behavior of L. monocytogenes