News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The board of the UK's Food Standards Agency yesterday agreed the draft response to the EC discussion document on vitamin and mineral levels with only minor changes, paving the way to approval of the final response by government health ministers.
The European Commission spent nearly €5bn more on agriculture in 2005 than it did in 2004, according to the 'Allocation of 2005 EU expenditure by Member State' published yesterday.
A recently published meta-analysis of published studies provides support for the inclusion of soy protein in place of saturated and trans-saturated fats and cholesterol as part of a diet to prevent and lower high blood cholesterol levels.
The FDF has accused the British Heart Foundation of 'scare tactics' over its newly launched Food4Thought campaign.