All Novel foods & approvals articles
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NewsWestfalia Fruit’s avocado precision breeding promises resilient new varieties
Westfalia Fruit is pioneering precision breeding with AI and genetics to develop resilient, consumer-driven avocado varieties for global markets.
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NewsFSA opens consultation to authorise the UK's first CBD food products
The 12-week consultation, running until 20 November, aims to establish the first regulatory pathway for UK CBD food products.
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NewsTecnológico de Monterrey develops nutraceutical corn to address the global food and public health crisis
The nutraceutical corn developed by scientists at the FEMSA Biotechnology Center at Tecnológico de Monterrey promises enhanced nutrition and disease prevention, offering a sustainable solution to global food challenges.
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NewsMEPs vote for GMO traceability amid deregulation process
EU politicians today passed a draft report which could see some crops produced via “new genomic techniques” separated from the current EU regulation.
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Podcast
Episode 45: Can you trust cannabis?
Josh and Grace take a look at consumer trust in the cannabis food sector and ask why consistency is so hard to achieve in this growing part of the food industry.
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ArticleThe GMO battle enters the European theatre
Joshua Minchin reflects on the proposed deregulation of NGT products in the EU and analyses the effect on the food industry.
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NewsRegulators slash CBD recommended intake
The FSA and the FSS have made changes to their CBD intake guidance, dropping the recommended amount to 10mg of cannabidiol CBD per day.
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NewsResearcher awarded $3 million grant for agricultural innovation
Kiho Lee, a researcher from the University of Missouri, has been granted $3 million to explore refining gene-editing processes to inform biomedical and agricultural innovation.
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NewsExpert urges Government to fill gaps in food technology legislation
University of Birmingham’s Dr Mariela de Amstalden urges policymakers to take action to improve rules for various food technologies.
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NewsResearchers create genetically modified “allergen-free” eggs
Scientists at Hiroshima University have developed a chicken egg that they claim “may be safe for people with egg white allergies”
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ArticleA TRIP down CBD lane
Co-Founder of TRIP, the UK’s fastest growing soft drinks brand, explains how the brand is on a mission to destigmatise the conversation around mental health using CBD wellness.
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NewsTesco now stocks UK’s only licenced CBD grower and producer
CBD oil producer Jersey Hemp, the only company with a licence to grow hemp for flower and extract CBD in the British Isles, is now available in Tesco.
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NewsFDA says new regulatory pathway is needed for CBD products
The FDA has said new regulatory pathway is needed for CBD products so that regulatory oversight can manage food safety risks.
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ArticleWhy new GM techniques must be strictly regulated
In a bid to counter the UK’s current trajectory, Secretary General of European Non-GMO Industry Association (ENGA) Heike Moldenhauer proffers the case to maintain the status quo for strict regulation of new GMOs.