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Is the UK facing a diabetes epidemic? Listen to this along with our other top headlines in this week's 60 second news.
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60 percent of Brits keen to grow food at home, says Samsung research
Electronics giant Samsung hopes that connected technology can enable more Brits to grow their own produce at home as it launches the UK’s first urban-farm-to-table pizzeria.
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Recall roundup: Salmonella alert and arsenic fears in baby food
This week's recall roundup features concerns over arsenic levels in baby food sold in Walmart, and a Salmonella alert in seafood products.
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Is the UK facing a diabetes epidemic?
There is increasing concern that the UK could soon be facing a diabetes epidemic of its own, as rising obesity levels compared with the effects of COVID-19 cause more people to be diagnosed with the disease.
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60-second news – this week’s headlines delivered to you in one minute
This week's rapid roundup of food and beverage news includes changes to breakfast cereal and a world famous recruit for the UN.
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Recall roundup: Listeria, botulinum and foreign objects
This week's recall roundup features concerns over Listeria monocytogenes and Clostridium botulinum, alongside undeclared allergen recalls.
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Daily meat consumption falls in the UK, new research reveals
The decrease is not moving quick enough to keep up with targets set by the National Food Strategy however, which has recommended meat consumption fall by 30 percent in the next decade.
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59 million teaspoons of sugar to be removed from Nestlé breakfast cereals
The ‘salami slice’ approach adopted by manufacturer CPUK has meant the move to lower sugar content has been gradual and has been accompanied by an increase in fibre content too.
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FSA responds to Government gene editing plans
Professor Robin May, Chief Scientific Adviser at the Food Standards Agency (FSA), addresses the Government’s recent announcement on the future of gene editing in food.
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New research reveals scale of Vibrio contamination in UK prawns
An important study of UK prawns has revealed that nearly half of those surveyed were contaminated with Vibrio, with shell-on prawns more likely to be affected than peeled prawns.
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On-trade drinks sales down £18.3 billion
Fentimans’ report does suggest that consumers are returning to pubs, bars and restaurants in numbers – with some planning to frequent them more often than before the pandemic.
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Healthy diet, happy mind
New research has revealed a clear association between a healthy diet and good mental wellbeing in an extensive study among UK school children.
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Natasha’s Law now in force across UK but more still needs to be done
The parents of teenager, Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, who died aged 15 from a severe food allergy, have welcomed a new law in her name designed to protect others from harm but issue a reminder that more work remains to be done.
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Scientists step up to help put the fizz back into soft drinks
With reserves of CO2 running low and a lack of visibility on overall stocks, a UK company believes it may be able to help soft drink manufacturers prolong the fizz using science.
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Costa launches blockchain-powered reusable cup scheme
A new initiative known as ‘BURT’ will be trialled in Glasgow and inform a future UK-wide rollout of a reusable cup scheme.
