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UK’s traffic light labels ‘could fragment the EU internal market’

The UK’s adoption of a voluntary hybrid labelling scheme that combines guideline daily amounts (GDAs) and traffic light colour coding could lead to a proliferation of national schemes and fragment the EU internal market, claims FoodDrinkEurope.

News in brief

WHO urges stricter rules on food marketing to children

The food industry is ‘exploiting children’ in its marketing of unhealthy food, according to a new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO), which calls for stricter marketing controls, particularly in light of new technologies like smart phone apps and social media.

Europe's food industry welcomes EU-US trade negotiations

European food industry trade body FoodDrinkEurope has welcomed formal negotiations between the European Union and the United States on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), announced at the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland.

Health research

Study links red meat consumption to heightened diabetes risk

Researchers in Singapore have identified that eating high quantities of red meat over a period of time can increase the risk of type-2 diabetes mellitus.

Women want indulgence and health in snacks… Scrap that stereotype, says Canadean

There is a strong stereotype that women want indulgence and health when snacking, but in the US and Europe health comes eleventh in snack motivations, according to new research from Canadean.

Global Industry News

Nanosensor with potential food safety use comes step closer from FoodQualityNews.com

A nanosensor that can detect airborne toxins in the food supply chain is to be further refined in a bid for commercial launch.

Red Bull won’t give runners wings, small-scale study suggests from BeverageDaily.com

By Ben Bouckley+

Red Bull energy shots failed to improve the time in which experienced runners completed a 5km run versus a placebo, according to a new, but small-scale US/Australian study claiming to be the first to examine the efficacy of shots rather than energy drinks on exercise performance.

Starbucks quiet on G8 tax dodging deal from FoodManufacture.co.uk

By Mike Stones

Coffee giant Starbucks has refused to comment on plans to tackle tax avoidance agreed by G8 leaders in Northern Ireland yesterday (June 18).

Fonterra vows to stop sourcing milk from land effected by oil and fracking waste from DairyReporter.com

By Mark Astley+

Fonterra has vowed to no longer accept milk from any new dairy suppliers based in areas of New Zealand where oil industry and fracking waste has been spread and covered, but has denied that pressure from the country's Green Party played any part in its decision.