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Experts call for urgent reform of nutrition research
It was argued that strengthening federal nutrition research could open up opportunities for new, unprecedented health discoveries.
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Application Note: Determination of thirteen beta agonists in pork using ultra high-performance liquid chromatography – Tandem Mass Spectrometry
PerkinElmer evaluate the administration of beta-agonists as growth-promoting agents in food-producing animals.
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FAO and partners launch digital food policy dashboard tool
The tool is designed to help decision makers understand their food systems, identify their levers of change, and decide which ones to act upon.
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A tale of two food systems
Professor Chris Elliott highlights the UK’s clear food poverty divide and calls for a new, stronger national food strategy.
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Doctors group calls for USDA to make healthy eating scheme dairy-free
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has urged the USDA to make its healthy eating recommendation - MyPlate - dairy-free in order to protect Americans from various health conditions.
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ProVeg survey reveals most lucrative opportunities in plant-based sector
Plant-based cheese, ready meals, seafood and alternatives to eggs are among the biggest opportunities in the plant-based sector, a new ProVeg International survey of over 6,000 consumers has found.
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Governments failing to stop harmful marketing of breast-milk substitutes, warns report
A new report from WHO, UNICEF and IBFAN has called on governments from around the world to strengthen breast-milk marketing legislation, claiming that misleading information - particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic - is still reaching parents.
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Consumers closely monitor fats and oils in packaged food, finds global study
The findings are from Cargill's FATitudes, an annual study constructed to learn more about consumers’ awareness, perceptions and behaviours around fats and oils found in packaged foods, and to help inform the future of food innovation.
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Peanut allergy study reveals psychosocial burden on allergic individuals
Said to be the first and largest quantitative study of its kind, the European APPEAL-1 study has assessed the psychosocial impact of living with a peanut allergy - exploring food accessibility, cost, comfort and stress.
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Recall roundup: biscuits, Lay’s crisps, crab cakes and frozen poultry products
Food and beverage products are recalled due to reasons ranging from contamination to incorrect labelling, and here is New Food’s roundup of the most recent cases.
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Calling time on irresponsible junk food advertising to children
In light of the global 'stay at home' message and subsequent increased levels of snacking, Holly Gabriel, Action on Sugar, explains how the need to base food advertising regulation and public health goals on scientific evidence has never been more critical.
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Top US retailers scored on plant-based offerings in GFI report
The report ranked the retailers based on their plant-based product assortment, merchandising and marketing.
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POST collates UK food fraud analysis
With stakeholder input, the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) has produced a POSTnote overview of food fraud, analysing its drivers, impacts, methods for testing, prevention strategies and the impacts of Brexit.
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Produce incentive programme a useful tool to boost healthy eating, finds study
A national programme that offers financial incentives so that low-income consumers can purchase more fruits and vegetables has shown great success in Oregon, according to a recent Oregon State University study.
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Building on consumer preferences shaped by the pandemic
Anneke van de Geijn from FrieslandCampina Ingredients Food & Beverages explores how some of 2019's trends, such as conscious and personalised consumption, have been shaped by COVID-19 and how manufacturers could build upon these evolving preferences.
