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Commonwealth unites in pledge to fight single-use plastics
Countries from across the Commonwealth have pledged to eliminate avoidable single-use plastic in a bid to clean up the world’s oceans.
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Nestlé pledges to 100 per cent recycling or reusable packaging by 2025
The Swiss firm has joined a growing list of companies and authorities who are making pledges to cut their reliance on single-use plastics.
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Study finds UN underestimated deep-sea fishing by as much as 42 per cent
A team of researchers spoke to local experts and authorities to build a picture of deep-sea fishing around the globe.
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Experts warn of Brexit’s impact on the Northern Irish food system
The Northern Irish food supply is at risk of disruption, a fact that has been neglected in the Brexit negotiations thus far according to a new report.
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Iceland becomes the first UK supermarket to cut palm oil from home brand
Iceland has said that its pledge will reduce the demand for palm oil by more than 500 tonnes per year.
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Unilever to work on ‘breakthrough’ in food packaging technology
Unilever has announced a partnership with start-up company Ioniqa & the largest global producer of PET resin Indorama Ventures to pioneer a new technology which converts PET waste back into virgin grade material for use in food packaging.
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Issue #2 2018 – Digital Version
In this issue; Food Fraud 2018: getting to the heart of the matter at New Food’s global conference, QA/QCs – new approaches in the field of method validation and testing of contaminants, and catering for the less-sweet tooth and healthier palate through innovative reformulation
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Genomic tool searches wheat’s wild past to improve future crops
Contributors from academic institutions and industry spanning 15 countries raised $150,000 to crowdfund the ambitious directory.
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Research reveals the environmental footprint of the egg industry
A team of Spanish scientists has investigated the environmental impact of egg production on a typical farm, in research that has implications for one of the biggest food industries in Europe.
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UK livestock traceability programme a “transformational” step
A move by the British Government, in collaboration with a group made up of more than 20 partner organisations, to create a centralised, fully digital data-sharing platform for the livestock industry has been widely praised.
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Food waste: The biggest loss could be what you choose to eat
New analysis from the Weizmann Institute using the concept of opportunity costs suggests hundreds of millions more could eat from the same resources if we switched to plant-based diets.
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Research highlights key role of seasonal migrant workers in Scottish agriculture
The role played by thousands of seasonal migrant workers in Scottish agriculture has been highlighted in a new report by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC).
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Online supermarket reveals near-zero food waste figures
With 7.3 million tonnes of food and drink wasted in the UK every year, supermarkets are occasionally hesitant to reveal their food waste figures, but Ocado's business model has meant that it stands out from the crowd.
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Scotch beef DNA traceability feasibility study commissioned
A study to look at the feasibility of introducing DNA traceability as an additional measure to guarantee the authenticity of Scotch Beef PGI, is being commissioned by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).
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Winemaking waste gets afterlife preserving foods
The process of making wine wastes around a quarter of the grape, discarding stalks, seeds and skins to landfill. Now researchers have found a way to repurpose that once useless residue.
