GM sweetcorn from Monsanto rejected by EU states, again
Deep divisions over biotech food ingredients once again evident as member states fail to approve a gene-altered corn designed by US biotech giant Monsanto, reports Lindsey Partos.
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Food agency forms taskforce to tackle risk and recalls
As banned colours continue to turn up in the food chain, the UK's food agency will build a taskforce to reduce the risk of contamination to supplies, and to improve risk management in the advent of recalls.
Trans fats raise gallstone risk?
Trans fatty acids could 'modestly' increase the risk of gallstone disease, say US researchers, providing yet more evidence to encourage food makers to remove these fats from food formulations.