All news articles for June 2014

McIntosh: 'We need a significant shift in how the UK produces food'

Food security report: DEFRA must take lead

By Rod Addy

Government must lead the genetically modified (GM) food debate and take a more co-ordinated approach to food security, with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) at the vanguard.

ExxonMobil’s Equipment Builder Group 100th anniversary

ExxonMobil’s Equipment Builder Group 100th anniversary

Food contamination risks can be reduced by switching to H1 food-grade lubricants

By Jenny Eagle

Food contamination risks can be mitigated by switching operations to food-grade lubricants which are registered H1 by global health organisation National Sanitation Foundation International (NSF), according to ExxonMobil Fuels & Lubricants.

Kendrick: 'right thing to do'

Nestlé commits to paying Living Wage

By Rod Addy

Business secretary Vince Cable praised Nestlé yesterday (June 30) as the first mainstream manufacturer to gain Living Wage accreditation, recognising its efforts to pay realistic living costs beyond minimum wage.

Time for a rethink on saturated fat?

Special edition: Oils & fats

Time for a rethink on saturated fat?

By Elaine Watson

If the cover of TIME magazine earlier this month (headline: Eat Butter) is anything to go by, it would seem that the conversation about fat, and saturated fat in particular, is changing, at least in the media. But are policymakers sitting up and taking...

The food industry has been portrayed as

Dispatches from EFSA plenary, Parma

We can't have both open doors and open discussions, says temp EFSA chair

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Transparency is important, but this may not be compatible with openness of scientific debate, according to the temporary chair of the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) panel.

SACN recommendations on sugar have sparked a torrent of responses

SACN REPORT: REACTION

Carbohydrate report: reaction in quotes

By Rod Addy

Public Health England will investigate taxing sugary drinks according to the paper it issued alongside the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition’s (SACN’s) draft report published today (June 26).

Sweden is pushing for EU reforms on antibiotic use in healthy livestock

Sweden pushes for unity on EU antibiotics reforms

By Gerard O’Dwyer, in Helsinki

The Swedish government has expanded the scope and ambition of its domestic animal care farm improvement scheme to include creating a "partnership of like-minded European states", willing to back Sweden’s push for EU reforms to check antibiotic...

 Salmonella Typhimurium. Picture copyright: Janice Haney Carr / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Salmonella outbreak detection with MLVA

By Joseph James Whitworth

Profiles from a method to perform molecular typing can determine if it is a single incident or part of a larger outbreak, according to researchers from the University of Melbourne.

Sugar intake should be halved, recommended the long-awaited SACN report

SACN report

Sugar intake should be halved, advises SACN report

By Michael Stones

The intake of added sugar in people’s daily diet should be halved as part of a campaign to cut Britain’s soaring obesity levels, according to an influential report by government adviser the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN).

Mandatory sugar targets would hinder not help progress towards sugar reduction, said Jebb

Sugar targets ‘counter productive’ in obesity battle

By Michael Stones

Introducing sugar targets, in a bid to battle Britain’s obesity crisis, would be counter-productive, said Susan Jebb, ahead of a key report from Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN).

FoodQualityNews global food recalls 20-26 June

Food Safety recall round-up 20-26 June

Recalls: Plastic, metal and Listeria

By Joseph James Whitworth

This week in the recall round-up gallery the  reasons behind food withdrawals takes us to Canada, Ireland, Australia, Belgium, France and Germany.

Meat consumption in Russia is growing in general

Meat congress hears diverse view from Russia

By Ed Bedington

Mixed messages were received from the Russian sector during the World Meat Congress, with a presentation calling for increased international co-operation, despite an underlying desire to improve the country’s self-sufficiency.

Does the long-term future of cocoa lie outside West Africa? Photo Credit: WCF

Origins

Could West Africa lose its cocoa crown?

By Oliver Nieburg

ConfectioneryNews asks industry leaders if cocoa production will gradually move closer to the burgeoning chocolate markets of China and Brazil or whether West Africa will always be the king of cocoa.

The food industry needs to collaborate on clearer date coding to prevent waste, according to one industry expert.

IFT 2014

Date-label confusion fuels food waste

By Jenni Spinner

Inconsistencies in food packaging date labeling leads to unnecessary waste, according to one former Trader Joe’s leader.

“It’s going to be a really exciting time,

From the Vitafoods Europe 2014 vault

Mooted novel food changes will open exotic fruit doors in EU

By Shane STARLING

Exotic and functional fruits and vegetables like cashew nut fruit, chu chu and their extracts are set for an easier passage into European Union markets if mooted simplifications to EU Novel Foods laws come to fruition, according to a UK-based expert.

Pressure BioSciences PCT platform

PCT-based sample preparation methods featured at ASMS

By Joseph James Whitworth

Pressure BioSciences has claimed that using its pressure cycling technology (PCT) platform in the preparation of samples can result in quality and/or improved time or cost efficiency of test results.

Russia's Spiritual Administration of Muslims says the halal industry is growing rapidly

Russia sees rapid growth in halal meat production

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

The halal meat industry in Russia is growing rapidly, according to the country’s Spiritual Administration of Muslims. About 12% of all meat produced in the country is now officially certified as halal and, by 2020, this figure could rise to 20%, as the...

Up to 20,000 food industry professionals are expected to attend the IFT Show, with some reporting their thoughts via Twitter

IFT food show in New Orleans – captured in tweets

By Laurence Gibbons

One of the world’s biggest food ingredients shows – the Institute of Food Technology’s (IFT’s) Annual meeting and food expo – opened its doors in New Orleans last week (June 21). Here, we capture in tweets a flavour of the event.

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