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Government lifts bird housing restrictions
The UK Government has lifted the mandatory bird housing rule for poultry and captive birds across England and Wales.
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E. coli found in 40 percent of supermarket meat samples
A study of Spanish meat has detected multi-drug resistant bacteria in 40 percent of supermarket meat samples.
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Do infant formulas promise too much?
Scientists have carried out an investigated into various infant formulas from 15 countries and have called for stricter rules regarding nutritional claims.
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Future guarding food
Nitsara Karoonuthaisiri explains the role of the International Joint Research Center on food security in strengthening the ASEAN communities in an era of instability.
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Plant pandemic could threaten global wheat crops, scientists claim
Using genomic surveillance, scientists have unearthed a pandemic clonal lineage of the wheat blast fungus and say that it "could contribute to total crop failure".
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“We can’t change the chocolate industry on our own”
With ethical ingredient sourcing at the forefront of Tony Chocolonely's mind, Nicola Matthews explains the brand's mission to make 100 percent slave-free the norm in chocolate.
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Recall Roundup: Listeria monocytogenes and undeclared allergens
Read this week’s recall roundup to find out about recalls in the UK and US including goats cheese being contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
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Scientists make advancements in engineering crop research
Researchers have made “significant advances” towards understanding why certain crops are better at generating a higher yield than others.
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Recall Roundup: Microbial contamination and undeclared allergens
This week, New Food looks at what food products have been recalled in the US and Canada, including a recall due to the presence of a "dangerous" bacteria in hot sauce.
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Ensuring food safety with a tandem mass spectrometry approach for mycotoxin quantification
With mycotoxins on the rise, food safety and authenticity expert Michele Suman looks at how to deploy tandem mass spectrometry for mycotoxin quantification.
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Scientist to develop “game changing” fruit and veg coating
A scientist is developing an egg-based coating for fruit and vegetables that he says “could help to improve access to fresh produce in food deserts”.
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A suspected 46 percent of European honey is adulterated
The European Commission has found 147 samples of honey were suspected to have been adulterated with syrups.
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Listeria death linked to UK cheese recall
The Food Standards Agency has confirmed that one person has died as a result of a Listeria outbreak in Baronet soft cheese.
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Recall Roundup: Hepatitis A and undeclared allergens
Find out what food products have been recalled in the UK, US and Canada this week due to undeclared allergens and Hepatitis A...
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“Cage-Free” is so much more than a label
Vicky Bond discusses why she thinks the "quest for cheap meat and eggs has gone much too far" and why it is important to hold companies accountable to their cage-free promises.
