Aflatoxins levels in cereals across Europe within limits, finds EFSA report
Levels of potentially toxic aflatoxins in cereals and processed cereal products across Europe are, on the whole, within safety limits, according to new data from EFSA.
Archives for March 26, 2013
BIG INTERVIEW - CHEWING OVER SNACK CHALLENGES WITH THE SFA
Global obesity: ‘We want to be part of the solution, not the problem’, says SFA president
The president of the Snack Food Association (SFA) acknowledged that there are concerns about the snack industry’s role in global obesity but said healthy product development and clear communication on nutrition is top of the agenda for manufacturers.
European Food Visions
Fragmentation, regulation, recession: Breaking Europe’s innovation breakdown
The Swedish government is backing a project to tackle what the partners say is a European food industry innovation blockade that has infiltrated the biggest companies at the very highest levels.
Natural seasoning can prevent charred-meat carcinogens
A new study has found that natural seasonings like cinnamon, pineapple and green tea can significantly reduce the formation of cancer causing substances in well cooked meats.
Seafood safety on agenda for EU project
An EU project is aiming to assess the contamination risks for seafood from the marine environment and potential affects on human health.
FAO chief praises moves toward local ‘small-scale’ production
Small-scale producers, local production and moves towards the use of traditional crops all have a major role in reducing global hunger, says FAO director-general José Graziano da Silva.
Sugary soda linked to 180,000 deaths globally each year
Sugar-sweetened sodas, sports drinks and fruit drinks may be associated with about 180,000 deaths around the world each year, according to research.
NTC: ‘We have a unique, sustainable and cost effective solution to mask stevia’s licorice taste’
Geneva-based Natural Taste Consulting (NTC) has developed a ‘unique, sustainable and cost effective’ solution to significantly reduce the undesired licorice taste of stevia extracts, and bring the taste closer to sugar.
OIE warns of anthrax outbreak in Benin cattle
The Benin government has imposed cattle movement controls after reporting an outbreak of anthrax amongst cows in the north-west corner of the west African country, near the Togo border.