CETA puts food safety at risk – report
The proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Europe and Canada will put food safety at risk, according to the Council of Canadians.
Archives for September 12, 2016
Calls for crackdown on unfair trading
The European Commission has been urged to introduce legislation to clamp down on unfair supply chain trading practices at a high-level summit in Slovakia’s capital, Bratislava.
Hilton Foods profit growth reinforces global expansion
Meat packer Hilton Foods’ quarter rise in pre-tax profits, posted in its interim trading report for the 28 weeks to 17 July, will underpin further international expansion.
WGS capable of revealing food fraud but limitations identified
Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) could be used to determine a product is what it claims to be according to the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark.
Phenomenex launches column for UHPLC systems
Phenomenex has unveiled a high-resolution gel filtration (GFC)/aqueous size-exclusion (SEC) column for the separation of high molecular weight (HMW) biomolecules on HPLC and UHPLC systems.
Joint venture forms Burmese chicken company
A chicken hatchery tasked to produce 12 million birds has been created in Burma by a joint venture of animal feed and poultry breeding companies from the Netherlands and Belgium.
Nestlé changes 'misleading' marketing over no-meat beef soup
Nestlé has removed a picture of fresh beef from the packaging of its dried beef and carrot soup - which did not contain any beef - following a two-year campaign by industry watchdog Foodwatch over misleading marketing.
UK pushes voluntary added sugar labelling scheme
The UK government has confirmed that it will introduce “clearer visual labelling” in relation to free sugars on packaged food and drinks - but it will be voluntary.
How the sugar lobby paid scientists to point the finger at fat: JAMA
The US sugar lobby paid for influential research in the 1960s to downplay the link between sugar and coronary heart disease and instead point the finger at fat, according to a report published yesterday.
Xylitol anti-cavity debate settled, says DuPont
Consuming xylitol does prevent cavities despite recent uncertainty over its anti-caries properties, according to a DuPont study.