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Luxury truffle cultivated in UK as climate change threatens its habitat
One of the world's most expensive ingredients has been successfully harvested in the UK, Cambridge University scientists have confirmed.
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FAO Chief addresses G7 ministers on antimicrobial resistance and malnutrition
Speaking to ministers in Milan, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva stressed the critical need to transform food systems to ensure healthy diets and good nutrition for all.
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Chinese consumers to trace food through Blockchain
Walmart, the world's biggest retailer, is developing Blockchain technology to allow its Chinese customers to trace food from farm to plate.
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Dairy drop drives global food prices down
The FAO's Food Price Index, a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a food basket, saw a drop last month - largely driven by the first decline in dairy for six months.
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Slimmer GMO pigs an ‘exciting’ breakthrough – but probably won’t fly in America
Scientists in China have bred a line of low-fat pigs that fare well in cold temperatures, a new friend to the consumer's waistline and the farmer's wallet. But it doesn't seem likely they'll take in America.
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Considering putting it in a can? There’s a website for that…
A new website has been launched to help new businesses get to grips with that slipperiest of topics: the drinks can.
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Get set for Brexit – see the full line up for Food Brexit, chaired by the John Pienaar
With less than a week to go, time is running out to catch food business experts putting their heads together over the challenges of Brexit.
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Indonesia getting warmer – and it could be down to palm oil production
In the past decades, large areas of forest in Sumatra, Indonesia have been cut down to make room for crops like oil palm and rubber. Now research suggests the this change in the Southeast Asia region's temperature.
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Drones and 3D imaging could help farmers measure crop height
Researchers in the USA have found a way to replace intensive manual measurement with 3D imaging captured by drones.
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UK sign up to the Dairy Declaration of Rotterdam
Representatives from the UK dairy industry met in London last week to show their commitment to the values enshrined in an international declaration.
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Is your baby food product fully protected?
After a recent blackmail case in Germany in which baby food was poisoned with ethylene glycol, we hear from Mettler Toledo about tampering protection.
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Antelope perfume drives flies away from cattle
Scientist have used an 'antelope perfume' to keep tsetse flies from cows, cutting sleeping sickness rates by 80 per cent.
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‘Clarity by Christmas’ – Food and Drink Federation chief urges diplomats to get their skates on
Commenting on the European Council Summit in Brussels, Ian Wright CBE, FDF Director General welcomed what progress had been made, but added that the clock is ticking.
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Global programme seeks to contain serious threat to the world’s bananas
FAO and partners launch campaign against new Fusarium Wilt strain that jeopardises livelihoods reliant on the world’s most traded fruit...
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Sustainable packaging to attract consumers in 2018
A study on consumer trends has pegged sustainable packaging as one to watch as food manufacturers move into the new year.
