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The difference between organic milk and non-organic milk
Ningjing Lui of Wageningen University & Research describes the specific composition properties of organic and non-organic milk in a hope to prevent food fraud.
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Over 1,500 workers in German meat factory infected with covid
A Tönnies meat packaging plant has been struck by COVID-19, which has allegedly resulted in strong criticism from Germany's labour minister and re-closures of schools and daycare centres.
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Lack of Government clarity will hit UK meat sector hard
Nick Allen from the BMPA is calling on Government to finalise decisions around export certification and warns if clarity is not offered soon, UK meat businesses will suffer.
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Official guidance for Nastaha’s Law published
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published updated technical guidance for allergen labelling following changes for PPDS food.
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FSA board asks ‘do we need to reform current food standards?’
New Food's Editor gives her overview of the latest (17 June 2020) Food Standards Agency (FSA) board meeting.
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Seafood restaurant owners receive hefty sentence of 1,446 years in jail
The restaurant owners say they were unable to keep up with demand for their online promotion, resulting in guilty ruling of fraud from court in Thailand.
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The US-UK trade deal: Is Downing Street listening to farmers?
Farming representatives concerned that UK policy decisions are being made without consultation and urge Government to see farmers as the solution, not the enemy.
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Food industry organisations express concerns over EU-UK negotiations
European food organisations Copa and Cogeca, Celcaa and FoodDrinkEurope have issued a Joint Statement to outline their concerns for the future of food and beverage trade.
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Actionable strategy issued to fix ‘broken global food system’
The Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition Foundation (BCFN), alongside other contributing organisations, has issued a 10-point strategy for cross-sector stakeholders to come together and address environmental and health challenges within the global food system.
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Record quantity of illegal pesticides seized from European market
During its annual operation, Europol has seized 1,346 tonnes of illegal pesticides from across the European market.
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Court overturns EPA approval of herbicide due to “understated risk”
The Court found that EPA “refused to estimate the amount of dicamba damage” by characterising the herbicide's damage as ‘potential’ and ‘alleged,’ while the record showed it as "substantial and undisputed.”
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FSIS proposes regulation amendment to define yak as exotic animal
Amending the regulation aims to avoid disruption to the yak industry and the possible economic harm to producers if the agency stopped voluntarily inspecting yak.
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BMPA urges government to address shortage of skilled butchers
In order to fix the skills shortage of butchers in the UK, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) is collating evidence to prompt the British government to add 'Butchers’ to the Shortage Occupation List.
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FAO and partners launch digital food policy dashboard tool
The tool is designed to help decision makers understand their food systems, identify their levers of change, and decide which ones to act upon.
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BMPA lays out Brexit concerns that could “seriously disrupt trade”
The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has urged for the UK government to take immediate action to avoid future trade complications.
