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‘Every $1 invested in food waste policies brings $14 in return’ – FAO Director General
A call to fight food loss and waste was on the agenda at a high-profile UN meeting.
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American firm turns up the dial on heat-activated ink
An American tech firm has announced a new irreversible, colour-changing packaging to identify tamper evidence in food packaging.
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Food Brexit: the unsolved issues
Ask him to predict the precise ramifications of Brexit and Nostradamus himself would have smashed his crystal ball, hurled his tarot cards at the wall and spent the rest of his days deliberately not looking at a single palm. Nevertheless, a recent paper published by researchers at three leading UK…
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North Korea’s food production hit by worst drought since 2001
North Korea’s crop production has been severely damaged by prolonged dry weather, and food insecurity is expected to worsen, concludes a joint FAO-JRC report.
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Eating forward: Taking steps to combat the food waste problem
Mischka Wolfert tackles the issue of food waste, suggesting that while progress has been made, there is still a long way to go...
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Country Profile: United Kingdom
In this UK profile, we investigate how Industry 4.0 could be a powerful tool, and Gavan Wafer, Head of Crime Operations at the National Food Crime Unit offers his insight into tackling food fraud in the 21st Century...
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Climate change account for 40% of global wheat production variability
The study analysed the effect of heat and water anomalies on crop losses over a 30-year period.
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An essential guide to food safety challenges in the 21st Century
Roy Manuell, Junior Editor of New Food, brings you a 21st Century update on developments and improvements in food safety.
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Carlsberg to achieve zero carbon emissions at its breweries by 2030
The Carlsberg Group has committed to eliminating carbon emissions and halving water usage at its breweries by 2030 as part of its new sustainability programme – Together Towards ZERO.
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How combating weeds with lasers leads to greater agricultural sustainability
A robot automatically identifies weeds in a field and combats them with a short laser pulse. Is this the future of sustainable agriculture.
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UK food manufacturing facing uncertain future over worker availability as Brexit looms
Food manufacturing in the UK must react to safeguard its existence against a growing crisis in securing a workforce for the future, warns a stark new report.
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RUMA adopts European Medicines Agency ‘highest priority’ antibiotics list
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA’s) list of highest priority ‘critically important antibiotics’ (CIAs) has been officially adopted by RUMA.
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To keep our oceans healthy the fish oil industry must back sustainable fishing
To satisfy our appetite for fish – whether as fillet, finger or fish oil capsule – around 100 million tonnes of seafood are caught worldwide every year – twice as much as 50 years ago.
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Consumers, not supermarkets, need empowering to tackle the food waste crisis
Or so say expert psychologists. A new transnational research study has set out the key psychological drivers that lead to consumers wasting food.
