Glyphosate debate: EU ministers split as licence deadline looms
European Parliament ministers have failed to reach a resolution over relicensing the controversial herbicide glyphosate once again.
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European Parliament ministers have failed to reach a resolution over relicensing the controversial herbicide glyphosate once again.
Representatives from the National Farmers Union Scotland (NFUS) have arrived in Belgium to argue the case for a controversial herbicide as the EU decides its future.
Speaking to ministers in Milan, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva stressed the critical need to transform food systems to ensure healthy diets and good nutrition for all.
A report analysing 3,448 samples of British produce has found traces of pesticides on 48 per cent of them.
The CEO of the hygiene scandal-struck 2 Sisters Food Group has apologised before the British House of Commons Environment and Rural Affairs Committee.
In a bid to cut down on antibiotic resistance, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has passed a law making it obligatory for certain meat sellers to report the use of antibiotics in their products.
The EU Parliament has failed to agree to renew the licence for the sale of glyphosate, an active ingredient in many domestic and industrial herbicides. Some even called for it to be banned entirely by 2022.
With less than a week to go, time is running out to catch food business experts putting their heads together over the challenges of Brexit.
In this issue: an in-depth look at food analysis, consumer expectations about food fraud, the perks of buying local produce, food hygiene's dirty secret, and much more...
Fipronil, the chemical at the centre of a scandal that brought about a slew of recalls this summer, has reared its ugly head once more in Germany.
Researchers have tested an alternative method to sanitise hatching eggs without using carcinogenic formaldehyde.
Dairy UK has pledged to continue its collaboration with Government and the wider food and drink sector to reduce carbon emissions and contribute to the decarbonisation of the UK by 2050.
The Scotch Whisky Association is holding the so-called dram duty to account for a drop of 1 million bottles in sales.
Defra has announced it is funding an advisory scheme aimed at helping farmers avoid bovine tuberculosis in the most challenged regions of the country.
10 October 2017 | By Agilent
Recently many farms were affected by the illegal use of Fipronil in a cleaning agent. Whilst findings of Fipronil were rare or at low levels, it was the findings of its metabolite, Fipronil-sulfon, that were more significant in uncovering the extent of this scandal.