Brothers Craig and Greg Sams will take to the stage next week to talk about how they entered the healthy-eating market with their Whole Earth Food Brand in the early 70s, before it became on-trend and how biochar is changing the future of organic farming.
The rise in global trade wars and the recent EU decision to classify new plant breeding techniques (NPBTs) as genetically modified organisms will inevitably impact food safety and quality, experts warn.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the UK has issued an urgent recall of Farmhouse Biscuits Honey and Oat cookies, as biscuits that contain wheat were accidentally packed into some packets.
From excess water to illegal antibiotics and even the wrong species, fish fraud is rife. EIT winner TellSpec has developed a tool powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that detects fraud in real time and at a low cost.
The Plastic Soup Foundation has partnered with VU University Amsterdam (Free University) on a three-year project to analyse the direct effects of plastics and additives in plastic.
FreshDetect has developed a hand-held device that accurately measures bacterial contamination in food quickly and inexpensively. According to managing director Oliver Dietrich the innovation “creates a new dimension in food safety”.
Scientists at aromaLAB specialise in tracking off-flavours to their chemical compounds. This enables food makers to see exactly what went wrong and take corrective action.
Navitas Digital Safety has developed a complete food safety management system to bring paper-based monitoring onto the cloud. Having secured fresh investment to support growth, the company has big plans to digitise food safety.
Most consumers are unaware of acrylamide but 70% of those who have heard of it of it are concerned about the potential health effects of consumption, a new survey reveals.
The Commission's general food law proposal must be significantly amended to prevent companies withholding safety information on chemicals in food in the name of protecting trade secrets, ClientEarth lawyers say.
The European Commission is considering lowering the maximum authorised levels for nitrites and nitrates in processed meat for health reasons, it has revealed.
