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IFST and ProFSET host food engineering careers event for students at Mondelēz Bournville site
Over 80 university students visited Mondelēz’s Bournville factory to explore exciting engineering opportunities in the food and drink industry.
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BoozyBalls Announced as Ecotrophelia UK Winner 2024
A team of students from the University of Surrey, with their product BoozyBalls has won the grand prize at Ecotrophelia UK. Their winning product, Boozyballs impressed the judges with its unique and innovative approach to making alcoholic boba.
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Launch your career in food: How to navigate the food career network to ensure your success
Join this webinar whether you’re a graduate, apprentice, school leaver or just started your career. Hear from fellow food professionals on how to make your food career purposeful, successful and understand the exciting and fulfilling opportunities the sector offers. Learn from their experience and take away some tips you can…
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What’s on the menu? Five food trend predictions for 2024
The food and beverage industry is evolving, but what trends will shape the sector in the next 12 months? Find out New Food’s trend predictions here…
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Industry wake-up call: Prioritising equality, diversity, and inclusion
Panelists from Food Integrity Global’s Diversity session come together discuss the need for greater attention to diversity and inclusion in the food sector, highlighting disparities and recommending measures to enhance workplace equity and inclusivity.
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IFST elects Sterling Crew as its President
Taking over from Helen Munday, Sterling Crew will be the next President of the Institute of Food Science and Technology.
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Brexit: taking food safety with us
Food businesses are waiting on tenterhooks to see what changes the UK Government will make to regulations and standards following Brexit. But how are food safety bodies such as the FSA planning to mitigate industry pressures?
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Food additives: consumers’ queries answered
In your role as a food producer, you’re sure to face questions from the public, especially in the wake of recent high-profile cases of contamination, recalls and mislabelling. The UK’s IFST has produced information to pass on to customers, outlined here.
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Allergens/ Food Safety In-Depth Focus 2018
In this issue: Food Additives: consumers’ queries answered, and what lessons can be learnt in the wake of the South African listeriosis outbreak.
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Fasting champion Michael Mosley asks IFST audience: when it comes to public health, why skew the science?
Mosley's lecture targeted misinformation passed down to the public, touching upon instances of media skewing scientific studies to bolster headlines and the lack of evidence supporting the long-running war on fat.
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Packaging & Labelling In-Depth Focus
In this food packaging & labelling In-Depth Focus: The growing popularity of the drinks can and changes to rules surrounding how food is labelled...
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IFST responds to the FSA’s “Regulating our Future” programme
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) recently published a paper outlining progress with the “Regulating our Future” programme*. Institute of Food Science & Technology, the independent qualifying body for food professionals in Europe, recognises the paper reflects the FSA’s current evolution in the thinking, rather than a finished design of the…
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Reading it right on novel foods
On 1 January 2018, Regulation (EC) No. 258/97 on novel foods and novel food ingredients will cease to apply, and Regulation (EU) No. 2015/2283 on novel foods will take its place. Although the incoming Regulation 2015/2283 has the same ‘cut off’ date of 15 May 1997 for defining a novel…
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IFST outlines the risks associated with foodborne Campylobacteriosis
New Food decided to speak exclusively to Julie Ashmore, CSci FIFST at IFST with respect to the issues we face regarding foodborne Campylobacteriosis.
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Veggie and vegan products dominate at student food innovation competition final
Veggie and vegan products have dominated at the Ecotrophelia UK food innovation student competition final this year.
