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Food fraud – one of the big winners during the COVID pandemic
During the coronavirus pandemic, food fraud has been on the rise – but this is just the beginning, warns Professor Chris Elliott.
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Time to innovate
Infor offers six reasons to accelerate successful product innovation with Product Lifecycle Management in a New Food webinar. Here are the highlights...
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Why water efficiency is key to creating a sustainable food system
PepsiCo's Chris Daly discusses how the multinational food and beverage corporation is finding innovative ways to tackle long-term sustainability challenges and create more environmentally-friendly processes.
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KFC project to create “world’s first laboratory-produced chicken nuggets”
The chicken nuggets will reportedly be as close as possible in both taste and appearance to the original KFC product, while being more environmentally friendly to produce than ordinary meat.
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Innovative UK agri-tech projects to benefit from £24 million investment
The nine projects to receive funding are applying big data, artificial intelligence and robotics to UK farming, with the aim of establishing a more efficient system of food production that cuts costs and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
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Supercharged shellfish could be the answer to vitamin deficiency
Cambridge scientists, working with seafood manufacturers, have developed a microencapsulation technology to supercharge shellfish and optimise nutrient content for human consumption.
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Agrifood projects awarded €6.17 million by EIT COVID-19 Innovation Fund
The COVID-19 Rapid Response Call for Innovation was launched in May 2020 to find solutions to COVID-19 challenges being experienced in the agrifood sector, and the initiatives have now been selected.
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Nina Constantine
16 July 2020 | By
Nina Constantine is the Director of Food & Environment at Eurofins Genomics.
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Study lays out future steps to optimise vertical farming
The interdisciplinary study combining biology and engineering set out steps towards accelerating the growth of this branch of precision agriculture, including the use of aeroponics which uses nutrient-enriched aerosols in place of soil.
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Video: Cost efficiency with DuPont™ Danisco® baking enzymes
Andy Flounders, Senior Bakery Applications Specialist at DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences discusses the current demand on the bakery market during these times.
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Warburtons joint venture to support innovative bakery start-ups
Working with Mission Ventures, Warburtons is to provide mentoring and funding for SMEs and start-ups producing innovative bakery products.
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New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint launched by the FDA
The blueprint is said to outline the work that the FDA plans to undertake over the next decade to modernise food safety approaches and bend the curve of foodborne illness.
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Scientists develop parasite detection system for poultry farms
Blood-feeding livestock mites which cause health implications for animals and economic loss for farmers and producers can be detected with a wearable sensor technology nicknamed ‘fitbits for chickens.’
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Food safety concerns highlight potential for digital assurance
A survey of 4,500 consumers has revealed that most people would be willing to pay more for a food product if safety standards and certification were better communicated.
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Report outlines key preservation technologies to reduce food waste
The Lux Research report has documented “best-in-class” protection and preservation technologies that companies should invest in to reduce food loss and food waste.
