EU remains biggest importer and exporter of agri-food products
With an agri-food trade value of €255 billion in 2017, the EU has held on to its position as largest global exporter and importer of agri-food products.
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Mussels in UK supermarkets contain microplastics and other debris
For every 100g of mussels consumed, it is estimated there are approximately 70 pieces of microplastics, new research has found.
Mathematical models key to cutting salt and boosting flavour
Mathematical models from the National Food Institute in Denmark have been used to develop the recipes for a new range of fish products that contain less salt and more taste.
Strong food hygiene practices start with positive corporate culture
Leadership and efficient communication in food companies have a large impact on hygiene and food safety, according to research conducted at Ghent University.
Hull shopkeeper fined for selling rotten fruit and vegetables
The prosecution followed a series of risk-based enforcement visits and inspections, carried out by the HMI between February 2017 and July 2017.
BBC Future Food Award celebrates supply chain innovation
Making a future for heritage grains, cereals grown by robots, without direct human intervention, and greater food supply chain assurance, provided by blockchain technology, are the three big ideas behind this year’s contenders for the BBC Farming Today Future Food Award.
Counterfeit spirits and wine costs European countries €2.7 billion each year
New research from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shows that €60 billion is lost each year due to counterfeiting in 13 economic sectors - including wine and spirits.
Nomad Foods makes second big acquisition of 2018, snapping up Aunt Bessie’s
The frozen food firm's new acquisition generated revenues of around €123 million (£108 million) in the year to April 2018.
FDF head on Brexit: ‘The Government needs our help’
Ian Wright also praised Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Michael Gove as someone he could "do business with".
UK poultry sector has slashed antibiotic use by 82 per cent
Whilst the UK is working to slow the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals, in some countries approximately 80 per cent of total consumption of medically important antibiotics is in the animal sector.
Five dead in worst U.S. E. coli outbreak in more than a decade
The outbreak, which began in April, has now become the most fatal recorded outbreak of E. coli in United States history.
Aquaculture can be worse for the environment than beef production
Research has revealed the same food can leave a very different environmental footprint depending on how and where it is produced.
Food Safety Week to focus on ‘people who protect your plate’
The Food Standards Agency has launched National Food Safety Week, with the focus this year being on the work of FSA staff and thousands of others across the food supply chain working behind-the-scenes to ensure that food is safe and what it says it is.
Local government warns Brexit could put food safety at risk
Brexit may lock the UK out of Europe's extensive food safety databases, leaving it open to high-profile scandals eroding consumer confidence, local councils have warned.
WHO stops short of recommending sugar levies in new report
The WHO calls on Heads of State and Government to take ultimate responsibility for NCDs in the report, which was also published in the medical journal The Lancet.
