EU follows through with threat of retaliation in U.S. trade row
The EU's Commissioner for Trade has expressed regret at being put in this position, but said there was 'no other choice'.
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FoodBytes! backs startups
21 June 2018 | By
Rabobank, a premier global food and agribusiness bank, is bringing FoodBytes!, its food and agriculture pitch-competition-meets-networking-event, to London for the first time on Thursday 13 September. The event will see 20 startups pitch to an audience of hundreds of investors, industry leading corporates and other startups, in a bid to further innovation…
Waters Corporation to invest $215 million in Precision Chemistry Manufacturing in Massachusetts
New state-of-the-art facility will support continued growth and innovation...
Waters DART QDa system with LiveID Software instantly assesses food quality and authenticity
System couples the ACQUITY QDa Detector with the IonSense DART Ion Source for rapid molecular fingerprinting of foods and food ingredients...
New $80 million food tech facility opened in Singapore
According to the National University of Singapore, the research facility will deepen knowledge of good macronutrients and micronutrients, food products and ingredients, as well as design eco-friendly 'bio-factories' to produce industrial biochemicals.
Waters Technologies for food safety, food authenticity and biomedical research at ASMS 2018
Creating access to the power and potential of mass spectrometry for more laboratories...
UK Science Minister announces £20 million plastics research fund
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £4 million to develop new solutions to reduce persistent plastics entering our environment.
Waters new ACQUITY UPLC PLUS series sets new performance benchmarks
Next-Generation UPLC platform designed to keep pace with evolving laboratory requirements for chromatographic performance...
The year of the vegan barbecue: food and drink trends for summer 2018
Vegan barbecues, black bean chipotle, better-for-you ice cream and exotic crisps could all make an appearance in consumer habits this summer.
Consumer group calls for mandatory traffic light labelling
Which? has said Brexit presents an opportunity for the Government to introduce legislation to make the labelling system, which was introduced as an option in 2013, mandatory.
Carbon dioxide crisis: Northern Europe is going flat
Many newspapers reporting on the shortage highlighted the bad timing of the crisis, a season when lager and soft drink consumption is peaking due to weather conditions and a major international sporting tournament.
Robots will support, not replace, growers in the future
British growers visiting The Netherlands also learned that automating the more challenging aspects of horticulture, such as harvesting non-uniform crops, is still too far in the future to have a realistic impact on production, despite huge leaps in technological development.
European innovation hub CEO calls for stronger research in food
The head of the food arm of an EU network that boosts innovation and entrepreneurship across the bloc has called for stronger research in the food sector.
Manipulative supermarkets could be the unlikely heroes of public health
Oxford researchers have found that 'interventions' in grocery stores – such as manipulating price or availability or suggesting swaps – have an impact on purchasing and could play a role in public health strategies to improve people’s diets.
Using future trade policy to cut food prices will threaten food quality
The report said the Government could mitigate risks by improving information about food origins and production methods.
