Vitamin and mineral-enriched chia seeds and fibre-packed goji berries are now part of a healthy diet for around half of Germany’s population, says a survey by the country’s institute for risk assessment.
Educating consumers about the nature of emerging genome editing methodology and appropriate risk communication will be “essential” to developing a public discourse around this new technology, according to German research and scientific advisory body BfR.
The German government is hoping to garner crucial data to help it better understand the risks involved from the consumption of radiation-emitting radioactive elements in foods such as uranium in a major study.
Industry must work to minimize levels of inorganic arsenic in rice and rice-based snacks as high levels pose a health risk to consumers, warns Germany’s Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR).
Reporting on nanotechnology has tailed off in the media in the past five years – and so has consumer concern over its safety, according to a new report from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR).
Microbiological criteria for Listeria are not always strictly adhered to in ready-to-eat foods leading to an increased risk of infection, according to a study by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR).
The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) has published an opinion that calls for a reassessment of the human health risks associated with the insecticide chlorpyrifos within the EU.
The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Germany has outlined strategies for minimising potential health risks from the migration into food of mineral oil from cardboard packs made from recycled paper.
Cholesterol oxidation products (COPs) associated with packaged fresh meat pose no risk to human health, according to an interim report by the Berlin-based, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR).
The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Germany has suggested switching back to virgin cardboard as a way reducing food contamination risks linked to mineral oil.
The German risk assessor Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR) has released a brochure assessing cadmium intake through foods as an example of how food risks are scientifically reviewed.
Food processors could soon be able to detect minute traces of food allergens in their products on site and within minutes, thanks to a new test system under development in Germany.
Refined vegetable fats derived from palm oil, used for margarines and infant formulae, may contain glycidol fatty acid esters, says the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR).
Germans see environmental issues as more of a risk to their health than food, according to a new survey from the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR).
Reducing acrylamide might be a major issue in the food industry
right now, but to consumers inGermany it is one that has not led a
majority to change their behaviour, according to a new survey.
The most inclusive assessment of the potential dangers of
nanotechnology in the food industry is underway and could impact
the technology's wider integration into the common market.
Allergy experts in Germany met last week to develop a comprehensive
strategy for combating the condition through spreading information
and conducting further research.
An Asian mushroom savoured by Japanese emperors for centuries and
increasingly used by European consumers in cooking could cause a
skin reaction in people sensitive to the polysaccharide.
From yesterday, Professor Andreas Hensel, veterinarian and
hygienist, is the first head of the new German institution, the
Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR).
Risk assessors from the German Federal Institute for Risk
Assessment (BfR) repeated their call for the levels of acrylamide
in foods to be reduced as far and as quickly as possible. Speaking
one year after the Swedish National Food...