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Big data to analyse international food trade
Trade plays an important role in distributing food more equitably across the planet, and Big Data could help to build this network efficiently and effectively.
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Food Fraud 2019: NGS for food authenticity, traceability and safety
Mário Gadanho of SGS Molecular explains how next-generation sequencing could be a vital method of automatically detecting food fraud.
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FDA strategy to advance food safety and modernise the overseeing of imported food announced
The FDA has issued a statement outlining steps it looks to take in order to advance food safety and the implementation of the FSMA.
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Epigenetics: how the ‘dark matter of biology’ can fight plant diseases
Researchers have identified how DNA methylation controls heritable disease resistance in plants, which could prove beneficial in agriculture.
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Gut bacteria influences our health from birth onwards
How the microbiome develops during childhood has repercussions for the rest of our lives. It influences our risk of developing allergies, intestinal illnesses and becoming overweight. Nutrition plays an important role from the outset. Polysaccharides in breast milk – human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) – can promote a healthy intestinal flora.
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US citrus fruit could be genetically modified in future
A study has reported that the future of US citrus could be genetically modified, because of the threat of the Asian citrus psyllid bacterium.
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Are processed foods linked to an increased risk of mortality?
A team of researchers have investigated whether the consumption of ultraprocessed foods could potentially lead to a higher risk of mortality.
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Italian olive oil shortage could be balanced by good year for Spain
Shortages in olive oil production currently seen in Italy could be overcome by the positive production in Spain over the last few months.
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Analysis reveals two thirds of EU fishing limits have been continuously set above scientific advice
As the EU deadline to end over-fishing looms, and with over-fishing still on the rise, are fisheries ministers really concerned?
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Ingredients In-Depth Focus 2019
In this issue: what the data on recent patent filings can tell us about current commitment to the cannabis edibles market, and how recent innovations in the meat-product sector could lead to better, healthier meat.
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Towards healthier meat products
Hanne Christine Bertram, Line Hjelm, Rebekka Thøgersen, Nina Eggers and Line Ahm Mielby of the Department of Food Science, Aarhus University, Denmark look at recent innovations in the meat product sector, with particular emphasis on hybridised products and nutri-functionality by metabolomics.
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Machine learning identifies source of Salmonella
Researchers have developed a machine learning approach that is able to detect the animal source of particular Salmonella outbreaks.
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Suppliers failing to meet sustainability goals dropped by manufacturers
Manufacturers are increasingly choosing suppliers based on their sustainability, with many that are failing to meet goals being dropped.
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Paving the path towards producing safety rule inspections
The FDA will soon begin inspecions of large domestic and international US farms in order to address food borne illnesses that are linked to fresh produce.
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Recall roundup: undeclared eggs and bacterial contamination
Recalls from the UK and North America included mislabelled products, undisclosed egg and contamination with bacteria.
