Neogen develops method to detect Listeria spp., L. mono
Neogen has developed a method to detect Listeria spp. and Listeria monocytogenes using one sample enrichment broth and one agar plate.
Archives for December 2, 2016
ANALYSIS
Tug and war in the UK's sugar tax saga
Both the pro-sugar tax campaign groups and anti-tax lobbyists are using all the tricks in the book to get their message across. But who will the UK government listen to?
Sequencing centre opened by UK Prime Minister
Two buildings at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have been opened by UK Prime Minister Theresa May.
UH team wins prize for food safety training system
A University of Houston (UH) team has won a competition to help bring smartphone/tablet based food safety training tools to commercialization.
Euromonitor: all-natural ingredients lead consumer trends
Over one-third of consumers worldwide carefully read food labels, scanning for ingredients on their “must avoid” list, Euromonitor recently found.
French companies climbing aboard before Brexit
The UK’s vote to withdraw from the European Union has prompted more requests from French companies to export to the UK, says the French Trade Commission.
EU Court of Justice 'complicates' multipack food labelling, says lawyer
An EU Court ruling, which states nutrition information on multipack products must also appear on each individual item, contradicts EU law, a food law expert has said.
dispatches from HiE 2016
Teff: The next ‘ancient grain’ to make nutrition ripples?
The success of chia and quinoa has opened the door for other less-known ancient grains, but one South African company exporting teff is wary of a boom and bust effect.
Europe's struggle to match organic supply and demand - without compromising standards
Demand for organic food in Europe is booming but suppliers are struggling to match it, and there are worries that the Commission's proposal to decertify organic food that contains traces of unauthorised pesticides could worsen the situation.
Low incident rate of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies across Europe
Incidents of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) were found to be rare in 2015, according to a new European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) report.
Snack manufacturers advised to target parents about omega-3’s brain benefits for children
Omega-3 consumption is on the rise, but consumers are still not completely convinced of their benefits and manufacturers need to be motivated to address this.
Bird flu outbreaks rock poultry sector as prices rise
Waves of avian influenza (AI) across Europe, Asia and Africa could impact the poultry industry just as broiler prices rise and feed costs drop.
Sugar tax divides the industry, campaigners claim
The UK’s food and drink industry might not be as fiercely opposed to a tax on sugary beverages as industry representatives claim, according to a new survey.