UK committee asks for opinions on promoting British food worldwide
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has launched an inquiry into promoting and marketing British food and drink.
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Where’s the salt? Healthy food campaign critiques food industry report
Whilst the report did refer to the industry's work to slash salt, it did not address the latest targets, an oversight which has not gone unnoticed.
Tech turns smartphones into detectors for foodborne illnesses
Researchers have developed detection technology that allows a typical smartphone to analyse produce for deadly foodborne pathogens.
Importing food damages domestic environment, study finds
Trees falling as fragile forests become cropland is a visual shorthand for the environmental costs exporting countries pay to meet lucrative global demands for food. But a new study reveals another counter-intuitive possibility: importing food also damages homeland ecology.
WHO launches plans to eliminate trans fats from global food supply
The WHO and not-for-profit organisation Resolve to Save Lives have teamed up to build a scheme for governments to use to tackle industrially-produced trans fats.
Canadian agriculture minister heads to China to boost trading relationship
Government of Canada is aiming at growing its global agriculture and food exports to $75 billion by 2025.
Pig farmers cut antibiotic use by 28 per cent in one year
The latest statistics bring the total reduction in two years to more than 50 per cent.
New fund for research into coeliac disease and gluten-free food production
Food businesses can secure the funding by creating more nutritious and affordable gluten free food. This could include using novel ingredients, creating foods with improved nutrient profiles and desired flavour texture characteristics, and working with new methods of preservation.
Defra called to act as local abattoir numbers slump to critical levels
Over a third of small abattoirs have closed in the past decade, and a further 10 per cent have already closed this year, or are about to close.
FDF members slash sugar by 12.1 per cent in five years
A report shows how top brands in the UK are working to make their products healthier through reformulation, portion control and offering alternatives.
Asda venison supplier recalls burgers over wrong allergen labels
Other recalls over the last week include Mary Berry's salad dressing and Remeo Gelato's Stracciatella Di Bergamo gelato.
Chlorine decontamination can make foodborne pathogens undetectable
The study comes amidst debate over post-Brexit trade agreements and the possibility of countries insisting the UK import their chlorine-treated foodstuffs.
U.S. targets India’s market price support in first-ever WTO counter notification
The list of issues includes the quantity of production used in market price support calculations, the exclusion of state-level bonuses from calculations of applied administered prices, exclusion from India’s notifications of information on the total value of production (VoP) of wheat and rice (information necessary to assess compliance with WTO…
Australia and New Zealand lupin labelling deadline approaches
Australia and New Zealand have followed Europe into mandatory allergen labelling for lupin, a legume related to peanuts and commonly used in gluten-free products.
Defra receives more than 44,000 comments on future farming proposals
More than 44,000 responses have been received on the Government’s proposals for the future for food, farming and the environment after Brexit.
