British food system in a ‘vulnerable’ state, Lords committee hears
8 February 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
Leading figures in the UK's food and drink sector raised their concerns about the impact Brexit could have on the country's food system.
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Irish authority warns against ‘food intolerance test’ products
7 February 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
After noting the prevalence of food intolerance testing kits on the Irish market, issued by pharmacies and nutritional centres as well as online, the Health Products Regulatory Authority has warned that such a method of diagnosis have no scientific validity.
“World’s safest” marking system could be on the market within a year
7 February 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
Unhackable, random markings on a digital key have been developed by university researchers to fight against pirated products.
EFSA’s Advisory Forum calls for more investment in food safety research
6 February 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
After meeting in the Netherlands today, the EFSA and the EFSA's Advisory Board have issued a joint statement calling for more public investment in food safety research, including the formation of strategic partnerships such as European Joint Programmes and European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERICs).
Lactalis site salmonella strain linked to outbreak 10 years ago
5 February 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
The CEO of Lactalis has said that he "cannot rule out" the possibility that babies have consumed salmonella-contaminated milk from his company's Craon site between 2005 and last year.
The end of the cucumber flyers: harvesting robot under development
5 February 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
Changing labour costs are causing a migration of the labour-intensive cucumber farming industry out of Germany to Eastern Europe and India. Researchers in Berlin have set out to develop technology that will keep the nation's cucumber production 'commercially viable'.
Westminster Food & Nutrition Seminar: competitiveness, skills and open markets
2 February 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
Representatives from leading food industry bodies and politicians were brought together yesterday to discuss competitiveness, the skills crisis, access to export markets and fostering innovation at the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum's keynote seminar on policy priorities for the UK food and drink industry.
Listeria infections on the rise in ‘vulnerable groups’, including pregnant women
29 January 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
Cases of listeriosis are increasing among the elderly and young to middle aged women, with ready-to-eat meals and more stringent monitoring systems in EU member states thought to be responsible.
UK lab to lead Nestlé’s confectionery research and development
23 January 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
Less than a week after selling its U.S. confectionery business to Ferrero, Nestlé has announced that its York lab will lead its confectionery research and development in future.
Aloe-derived food additive found to damage DNA
23 January 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
The European Food Safety Authority has flagged a group of chemicals often used for their laxative effects as potentially cancer causing.
Chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated beef in ‘top ten’ risks of transatlantic deal
19 January 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
The divisive subject of chlorinated chicken sits alongside hormone-treated beef and brominated vegetable oil in a food charity's top ten risks of a US trade deal.
All plastic packaging in the EU recyclable by 2030
18 January 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
New targets have been set across Europe by the European Commission in a bid to fast-track the move to a more circular economy.
Macron takes aim at Lactalis over baby formula contamination
15 January 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
As Lactalis allegedly faces hundreds of lawsuits over a salmonella outbreak at the end of 2017, the President of France has reassured the European community that French products are safe.
Wetherspoon’s Brexit beer mat ‘slammed’ by food and farming alliance
10 January 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
The CEO of Sustain took aim at JD Wetherspoons pro-Brexit beer mats last month, questioning the claim that leaving the EU would cut food prices.
Survey of French frozen chicken finds 23 per cent contains too much water
9 January 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
Samples of chicken of varying national origin were taken from 37 different establishments in France and tested for compliance with European water-content regulation.
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