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UK ASA uphold HFSS ad ruling against Kellogg’s and KFC
ASA rules advertisements from Kentucky Fried Chicken and Kellogg's Cocoa Pops were wrongly directed at children under 16.
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FAO Food Price Index posts sharp drop in July
Global agricultural food commodity prices fell sharply in July, as all the major traded items, led by dairy and sugar, posted notable declines.
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Plant-based proteins in competition with dairy
Tage Affertsholt and Daniel Pedersen present data and trends as outlined in the new study, The Global Market for Plant Proteins 2017-2021 – Competition with Dairy, published by 3A Business Consulting in February 2018.
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Mycotoxins: time for a global rethink?
Much remains unknown about mycotoxins. A much better understanding is needed of their effects and how to mitigate their impact on human wellbeing, farm animal wellbeing and reducing food waste to bolster food security, says Chris Elliott.
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Clean Air -The Vital Ingredient to Food and Beverage Manufacturing
29 January 2018 | By Camfil
Air is the only ingredient that is involved in every aspect of Food and Beverage Manufacturing...
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Potato blight’s chemical attack mechanism explained
Scientists have unravelled the problem of potato blight, an outbreak of which famously brought about the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s and 50s.
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Sugar content in best-selling cereal to be halved in one year
New reductions announced by Kellogg's will mean that between 2017 and 2018 the amount of sugar in Coco Pops will be cut in two, news welcomed by sugar-reduction campaigners.
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World’s food import bill to reach near-record levels
The cost of importing food is expected to soar by 6 per cent this year, reaching the second highest since records began.
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Nearly half of British foods contain pesticide residue
A report analysing 3,448 samples of British produce has found traces of pesticides on 48 per cent of them.
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Get set for Brexit – see the full line up for Food Brexit, chaired by the John Pienaar
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.
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Is your baby food product fully protected?
After a recent blackmail case in Germany in which baby food was poisoned with ethylene glycol, we hear from Mettler Toledo about tampering protection.
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A chance to hear what leading food industry figures think of Brexit – right on parliament’s doorstep
New Food is bringing together a host of experts from all over the industry in the heart of London to outline where they think Brexit is headed.
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Food prices climb as rising oil and dairy prices offset falling grains
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FOA) of the United Nations has released its figures for September's world food prices today.
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Scientists crack hardy crop’s complex genome
Finger millet's genetic code has been decoded in detail for the first time by researchers at Zurich University.
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Wheat genome sequencing to boost production and safety
The wild emmer wheat genome has been sequenced and the results published. It is hoped that this new resource will allow scientists to improve the nutritional quality of grain as well as tolerance to diseases and water shortages.
