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Changing labour costs are causing a migration of the labour-intensive cucumber farming industry out of Germany to Eastern Europe and India. Researchers in Berlin have set out to develop technology that will keep the nation's cucumber production 'commercially viable'.
Representatives from leading food industry bodies and politicians were brought together yesterday to discuss competitiveness, the skills crisis, access to export markets and fostering innovation at the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum's keynote seminar on policy priorities for the UK food and drink industry.
Welcomed across the industry when it was announced in November, the Food and Drink Sector Council has held its first meeting.
A study has found 'flaws' in the US Institute of Medicine's (IOM) analysis that put an upper limit on folic acid intake, saying there is no need for pregnant women to be restricted to 1 mg/day.
Scientists examining copper hydroxychloride and its use as a method of delivering to newly-weaned pigs essential copper have found it improves pigs' weight performance following a 28-day trial.
Amidst burgeoning consumer demand for flexitarian products and rising debate on the future of meat, a new report calls on retailers and food service companies to scrutinise what is fed to the livestock – such as pork, chicken as well as farmed fish – used in products they sell.
A study looking into the relative merits of different plant based milk to the lactose intolerant has found soy to be the most nutritious.
Cases of listeriosis are increasing among the elderly and young to middle aged women, with ready-to-eat meals and more stringent monitoring systems in EU member states thought to be responsible.
An all day breakfast runs up the same carbon tab as a 12-mile drive, but a home-made ham and cheese might be the way forward.
A new survey investigating the sugar levels of sharing packs has inspired a campaign group to push for fresh measures to tackle the rise in obesity and type 2 diabetes in the UK.
Scientists are developing a dual-part detection method that can search for traces of bacteria in water or food samples using a smartphone and a $30 microscope add-on.
Researchers in the US have created a nose that can sniff out adulteration and watering down in spirits, fighting one of the most deadly varieties of fraud.
A company that supplies meat to schools, care homes, pubs and restaurant chains has been ordered to stop sending out produce after a unannounced inspection uncovered food hygiene problems at a midlands plant.
After seeing 14 cases of anaphylaxis thought to have been caused by undeclared allergens in prepackaged foods, researchers have said there is 'no effective way to currently determine whether or not an unlabelled product is safe'.
A December bump, spurred by changes in public health advice concerning raw eggs, has topped off a glowing year for egg sales in the United Kingdom.
