Low incident rate of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies across Europe
Incidents of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) were found to be rare in 2015, according to a new European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) report.
Archives for December 2, 2016
USDA proposes revisions to Nutrition Facts panel for meat and poultry products
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has proposed revisions to the Nutrition Facts panel for meat and poultry products, amending regulations published in May 2016.
Guilty verdict in 5-hour counterfeiting case seen as potent deterrent
The guilty verdict handed down this week in the 5-hour Energy product counterfeiting case is a milestone within the nutritional products sphere that could serve an important deterrent function, said a lawyer serving the plaintiff.
Demographics don't provide easy answers to GMO debate, says Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center: The GMO debate is hugely polarizing, but the divide ‘does not fall along familiar political fault lines’
Think anti-GMO sentiment is primarily the preserve of white college educated liberals? Think again, says Pew Research Center, which has just conducted a consumer survey suggesting that attitudes on GMOs, organics, and other food issues are “conspicuously...
Snack manufacturers advised to target parents about omega-3’s brain benefits for children
Omega-3 consumption is on the rise, but consumers are still not completely convinced of their benefits and manufacturers need to be motivated to address this.
Bird flu outbreaks rock poultry sector as prices rise
Waves of avian influenza (AI) across Europe, Asia and Africa could impact the poultry industry just as broiler prices rise and feed costs drop.
Sugar tax divides the industry, campaigners claim
The UK’s food and drink industry might not be as fiercely opposed to a tax on sugary beverages as industry representatives claim, according to a new survey.
Cargill starts $50m expansion of Thai broiler processor
Cargill has begun work to expand its poultry processing operations in central Thailand at a cost of US$50m.
UH team wins prize for food safety training system
A University of Houston (UH) team has won a competition to help bring smartphone/tablet based food safety training tools to commercialization.
Euromonitor: all-natural ingredients lead consumer trends
Over one-third of consumers worldwide carefully read food labels, scanning for ingredients on their “must avoid” list, Euromonitor recently found.
French companies climbing aboard before Brexit
The UK’s vote to withdraw from the European Union has prompted more requests from French companies to export to the UK, says the French Trade Commission.
EU Court of Justice 'complicates' multipack food labelling, says lawyer
An EU Court ruling, which states nutrition information on multipack products must also appear on each individual item, contradicts EU law, a food law expert has said.
dispatches from HiE 2016
Teff: The next ‘ancient grain’ to make nutrition ripples?
The success of chia and quinoa has opened the door for other less-known ancient grains, but one South African company exporting teff is wary of a boom and bust effect.
Europe's struggle to match organic supply and demand - without compromising standards
Demand for organic food in Europe is booming but suppliers are struggling to match it, and there are worries that the Commission's proposal to decertify organic food that contains traces of unauthorised pesticides could worsen the situation.
Memphis Meats: We'll have ‘clean meat’ products in grocery stores by 2021
‘Clean’ (a.k.a. cultured/lab-grown) meat pioneer Memphis Meats says it aims to have products in grocery stores by 2021, and says it is confident it will be able to mass produce meat in bioreactors at prices at parity, or below, that of meat from farm...
Nestlé subsidiary Tribe Mediterranean Foods appoints new CEO
Massachusetts-based Tribe Mediterranean Foods, a subsidiary of Nestlé SA and the OSEM Group, has appointed John McGuckin as Chief Executive Officer of its U.S. operations. He will join the company on December 5.
3D printed meat opportunity analysed by Australia
3D printed meat technology could be the “next big advancement” for the protein industry, according to a research paper published by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA).
New Zealand export lambs due to drop
The number of lambs bred for export from New Zealand is expected to drop 2.7% in 2016-17.
Philippines’ proposed salt tax slammed by lawmakers
A Philippines law designed to tax each excess milligram of sodium relative to guidelines has met with strong opposition at committee stage after one representative remarked that such a levy would add PHP534 (US$10.74) to the price of a pack of instant...
Sequencing centre opened by UK Prime Minister
Two buildings at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have been opened by UK Prime Minister Theresa May.
Neogen develops method to detect Listeria spp., L. mono
Neogen has developed a method to detect Listeria spp. and Listeria monocytogenes using one sample enrichment broth and one agar plate.
ANALYSIS
Tug and war in the UK's sugar tax saga
Both the pro-sugar tax campaign groups and anti-tax lobbyists are using all the tricks in the book to get their message across. But who will the UK government listen to?