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Farewell to vegetarian sausages: France passes meat-labelling law
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.
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Scientists engineer enzyme that can digest plastic bottles
The tradition of chance meeting science continues after scientists 'inadvertently' engineer an enzyme better at breaking down plastics than its natural counterpart.
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Sainsbury’s to introduce touch-free packaging for squeamish millennials
Newspapers in the UK have reported on the product's announcement as an example of the distinctive consumer habits associated with the millennial generation.
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Dutch consumers favour British traffic light model for food information
The traffic light system was favoured over the French and Scandinavian schemes.
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Commonwealth unites in pledge to fight single-use plastics
Countries from across the Commonwealth have pledged to eliminate avoidable single-use plastic in a bid to clean up the world’s oceans.
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Nestlé pledges to 100 per cent recycling or reusable packaging by 2025
The Swiss firm has joined a growing list of companies and authorities who are making pledges to cut their reliance on single-use plastics.
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Food packaging could affect body’s nutrient absorption
Food packaging could be negatively affecting the way in which the digestive tract operates, according to new research by faculty and students at Binghamton University in New York.
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Meat use-by dates: an exercise in both risk and crisis management
Recent high-profile product recalls and withdrawals have shaken the confidence of retail buyers and consumers alike. To complicate matters, there has been considerable confusion when trying to distinguish between failures to follow guidance (which can be remedied) and serious, fraudulent or criminal activity. Nick Allen looks at what processors and…
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Unilever to work on ‘breakthrough’ in food packaging technology
Unilever has announced a partnership with start-up company Ioniqa & the largest global producer of PET resin Indorama Ventures to pioneer a new technology which converts PET waste back into virgin grade material for use in food packaging.
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The transparent food packaging patch that detects off meat
Is that meat still good? Are you sure? McMaster researchers have developed a test to bring certainty to the delicate but critical question of whether meat and other foods are safe to eat or need to be thrown out.
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Isotope fingerprinting method lifts lid on salmon nutrition
To reduce costs and impact on wild fish stocks, carnivorous fish are increasingly fed plant-based diets in aquaculture. However, the rapid development in aquaculture fish production has not been matched by new methods that accurately can trace the food chain supply in aquaculture production.
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Research reveals the environmental footprint of the egg industry
A team of Spanish scientists has investigated the environmental impact of egg production on a typical farm, in research that has implications for one of the biggest food industries in Europe.
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New survey finds huge variation of salt levels in bread worldwide
A new survey by World Action on Salt and Health (WASH), based at Queen Mary University of London, has revealed the levels of salt content in bread.
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Optional alcohol labelling “unacceptable” according to consumer group
Alcohol industry have submitted proposals that will help it self-regulate the provision nutritional information about its products to consumers, but the question of where this information is presented has ruffled some feathers.
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EU step up fight against food fraud with “Knowledge Centre”
Responding to consumer concerns about food quality and food fraud, the European Commission has launched a "Knowledge Centre", operated by the Joint Research Centre.
