“Mistrust of science holding us back” says EU food safety commissioner
Consumers are hesitant to embrace innovation due to hostility towards science, Europe's food safety commissioner has said at an event hosted by an Italian consulting firm.
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Consumers are hesitant to embrace innovation due to hostility towards science, Europe's food safety commissioner has said at an event hosted by an Italian consulting firm.
Arundhati Kasbekar of global regulatory solution provider Freyr talks us through the main safety issues that the entire food industry is expected to face over the next 12 months.
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Unhackable, random markings on a digital key have been developed by university researchers to fight against pirated products.
Among the raft of trade announcements that emerged from UK Prime Minister Theresa May's China trip comes the news that Scotch whisky has had its trademark renewed, protecting sales in the world's largest spirit market.
Researchers in the US have created a nose that can sniff out adulteration and watering down in spirits, fighting one of the most deadly varieties of fraud.
Happerley has created a trade network that provides certification for food suppliers by tracing their products right back to the primary producer.
Space is fast running out at New Food's second Food Fraud conference on March 1, an event where we bring together scientists and food industry experts to discuss a crime that costs food and beverage industry as much as $12 billion each year.
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Samples of chicken of varying national origin were taken from 37 different establishments in France and tested for compliance with European water-content regulation.
A salmon farming company has joined forces with traceability experts, creating unique fingerprints to verify the origin of their fish.
Lack of clarity in the definition of Xue Yu and difficulty in identifying the fish once it has been prepared may have contributed to widespread mislabelling.
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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…
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