Archives for May 24, 2015

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How can industry warm the Western palate to eating insects?

By Niamh Michail

To sell insects to Western consumers, food manufacturers must create products that align ethical motivations with sensory expectations – meaning cricket-flour cookies will fare better than chocolate-coated crickets. 

Indonesian navy sinks illegal fishing boats

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The new Indonesian government has blown up around 30 boats fishing illegally to send a strong message on sustainability, Indonesia’s director general for Fisheries Product Processing and Marketing at the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF)...

Senator targets inorganic arsenic limits in rice

By Joseph James Whitworth

A US senator has put forward legislation that would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to set a maximum level of inorganic arsenic in rice and food containing rice.

EU project aims to link up European food research

By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

European research into food, health and nutrition needs to be better synchronised to link up data on food intake, production and health outcomes, according to an EU-funded project due to end in August this year.