Big data to analyse international food trade
Trade plays an important role in distributing food more equitably across the planet, and Big Data could help to build this network efficiently and effectively.
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Food Fraud 2019: NGS for food authenticity, traceability and safety
Mário Gadanho of SGS Molecular explains how next-generation sequencing could be a vital method of automatically detecting food fraud.
Breaking down blockchain barriers
Greenfence launches world’s first self-serve enterprise blockchain solution at GFSI Conference 2019.
Nofima launches a new European standard for food fraud
New initiative aims to make communication regarding food fraud more precise.
Food industry holds key to sustainable future, says Compass CEO
The City Food Lecture 2019 looked at what it will take to secure a thriving food environment for tomorrow's generation.
Ingredient-identifying food scanner unveiled by FSAI
Next-generation DNA sequencing tool aims to facilitate easier detection of potential food fraud and/or misleading labelling.
FDA strategy to advance food safety and modernise the overseeing of imported food announced
The FDA has issued a statement outlining steps it looks to take in order to advance food safety and the implementation of the FSMA.
Boiled peanut oral immunotherapy continues to show promise as allergy treatment
Research from an Imperial College, UK, clinical trial finds a new oral immunotherapy option provides sustained unresponsiveness one year after treatment.
Biodiversity underpinning food supply chain is disappearing, says FAO report
Governments and international communities must do more to promote pro-bio-diversity initiatives, experts conclude.
Poisonous bootleg alcohol causes large-scale fatalities in India
Over one hundred dead, with authorities still not sure exactly what contaminants the drink contained.
Epigenetics: how the ‘dark matter of biology’ can fight plant diseases
Researchers have identified how DNA methylation controls heritable disease resistance in plants, which could prove beneficial in agriculture.
Recall roundup: sharp metal and bacterial contamination
Bacterial contamination, sharp metal objects in soup and many mislabelled products have caused problems recently.
Announcement on import tariffs to be, “made shortly”, Gove tells UK farmers
"Your concerns have been absolutely heard," Minister tells NFU delegates.
Biotechnological tool to produce antifungal proteins in plants developed
Research group aims to develop new antifungal compounds based on the antifungal proteins secreted by filamentous fungi.
Survey says fumonisins still abundant in high concentrations in raw commodities
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Sixty eight percent tested positive, with maize particularly vulnerable to these mycotoxins.
