Think big to make global food trade work for nutrition, says the FAO
The FAO's Directory General said institutions designed to boost food availability too often favour unhealthy foods.
List view / Grid view
The FAO's Directory General said institutions designed to boost food availability too often favour unhealthy foods.
A partnership between Microsoft and Bühler has produced technology that stands to make a real difference to food safety and security worldwide.
EU policy-makers need to implement a food systems approach to address negative impacts of climate change on food systems and encourage healthy, environmentally sustainable diets, say European national science academies.
It might be the biggest supermarket shake up for decades, promising a potential 10 per cent price drop over popular brands, but is Asda and Sainsbury's merger a cause for celebration among suppliers?
The database will give the EFSA greater power to evaluate risks related to possible hazards in food and a clearer picture of the nutrition of the bloc.
From Moroccan saffron to Cameroonian pepper, the FAO-EBRD study highlights the multiple benefits of geographical indication labelling.
Figures from the latest haul in the joint Europol-INTERPOL investigation into counterfeit and substandard food has revealed how prevalent crime remains within the worldwide food system.
A petition asking for stricter regulation on how lab-grown meats are labelled has polarised opinion in the American food and drink sector, with some going so far as to call it a violation of one of the cornerstones of the nation's Constitution.
In this In-Depth Focus, Tania Portolés looks at how experts can expand the detection and quantification of contaminants in food samples and David Stadler and Rudolf Krska discuss the impact of lot-to-lot variation’s use on determining the accuracy of a multi-mycotoxin assay.
From artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to CCTV and big data - computer scientists at the University of East Anglia are part of an international effort to make the fishing industry more sustainable.
The law claims to protect consumers by doing away with misleading labels. The ruling falls into a trend of controversy regarding how meat substitutes are marketed.
Dr Edward Hayes of Fera assesses the impact of the FSA Chief Scientific Advisor Report and 2013 Listeria pilot study and looks to what the future holds.
The new collaboration hopes to create a platform hosting accessible information on the provenance of livestock and the food it produces.
For every US$1 hotels invested in programmes to reduce kitchen food waste, they saved an average of $7 according to a new report.
The European Commission has proposed a ban on "damaging unfair trading practices" that disadvantage smaller operators in the food industry.