Danes take issue with portrayal of pig industry
Danish food bosses have taken issue with the portrayal of Denmark’s pig industry in the country’s hit political drama Borgen.
Archives for November 29, 2013
Phage isolated to kill E.coli O157 on beef
A bacteriophage (phage) which is mostly specific for E. coli O157 has been isolated to kill the pathogen on beef.
Barry Callebaut: Just paying more for cocoa wouldn’t work
Simply paying African cocoa growers more will not incentivize them to move away from the encroaching, more lucrative industries of palm and rubber, says Barry Callebaut.
Court order halts Alfred Louie, Inc.’s production
Alfred Louie, Inc., has been ordered to stop processing and distributing food until it cleans up unsanitary conditions found by US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors.
Leatherhead: ‘Natural preservatives are almost an oxymoron’
Preservatives have a poor reputation among consumers – but that doesn’t mean that natural options are completely off the menu, says Nicole Patterson-Lett, principal analyst at Leatherhead Food Research.
"We maintain our conclusions," says Seralini
Seralini stands firm as journal moves to retract GM rat study
The researcher behind a heavily criticised study linking Monsanto's GM maize and Roundup products to cancer in rats says he will not willingly withdraw the research, after the journal issued a 'withdraw or be retracted' ultimatum yesterday.
You are what you eat (and retweet): Using social media to connect with consumers
Why is your business using social media? To sell more products? Raise your profile? Change your image? Find out what key ‘influencers’ really think about your brands? Identify and target a new customer base? Or because everyone else is on Twitter and...