World-famous lab begins work on genetic project to save cocoa
MARS has teamed up with scientists at a world-famous lab to create cacao trees that will be resistant to disease, safeguarding the crop's future.
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MARS has teamed up with scientists at a world-famous lab to create cacao trees that will be resistant to disease, safeguarding the crop's future.
UK farmers will have to earn subsidies after Brexit through sustainable practices, Michael Gove, the UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, announced yesterday.
A not-for-profit organisation aimed at providing food information to consumers has put together a list of its top trends for 2018.
Scientists have used a receptor found in zebrafish to detect the scent of a compound given off by rotting meat.
A quicker, centralised novel foods approval system has been introduced two years on from its initial announcement in 2015.
Two people have died as a result of an outbreak of E. coli which has stretched between Newfoundland and Labrador on Canada's eastern coast to the US state of California, 4,500 kilometres south west.
A firm that grows clean meat meat from samples harmlessly extracted from live chickens has raised $3 million in seed funding.
A psychological study has shown how food-associated cues can override healthy intentions.
Researchers have created an online tool which gives dairy farmers and vets the means to closely measure and monitor their antibiotic use.
Fruit and spice extracts have been used to replicate the cured flavouring of bacon in the UK for the first time, removing cancer-causing nitrates from the meat.
Tomatoes have a powerful association with health and are seen as the star ingredient of the Mediterranean Diet, research has shown.
One of the world’s biggest producers of the sugar alternative stevia has launched a programme encouraging former tobacco farmers to try something new.
Several food and agricultural research projects in Norther Ireland have been awarded nearly £2 million in funding between them. The research projects all focus on improving food safety, security and transparency right through the system. They include Food Fortress, a scheme investigating an effective surveillance system for detecting and preventing…
A programme has been launched in the Twin Cities – Minneapolis and St Paul – to mentor and accelerate emerging talent in the food industry.
Brexit may put the UK consumer at risk as new research shows chemical treatments on poultry common in USA fail to meet EU safety standards.