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Rejecting GM could boost food ingredient prices

09-May-2012 - Food manufacturers and retailers will find it increasingly difficult to source GM-free ingredients at reasonable prices if Europe continues to reject the controversial technology.

FSA chief scientist's hi-tech answers to campylobacter

09-May-2012 - Dr Andrew Wadge, the Food Standards Agency’s chief scientist, explains why new technologies, such as lactic acid antibacterial washes during chicken processing operations, should be used to reduce the 403,000 cases of campylobacter food poisoning in the UK each year – many resulting from contaminated chickens bought by people from supermarkets.

Test with a strong stomach for listeria detection

01-May-2012 - Seward's Stomacher 400 Circulator is used in the food industry to prepare samples for listeria testing.The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also used it for testing in last year's listeriosis scare in the US, which involved cantaloupe melons. The outbreak caused 25 lives to be lost and severe illness for several hundred people. Tests using the Circulator eliminated soil and fruit as possible sources of contamination.

Food monitoring tool plays it safe

01-May-2012 - Hygiene Audit Systems has launched an online food safety monitoring system that enables users to store and view records across the globe, 24 hours a day.

Avoiding meat and dairy threatens girls’ health

25-Apr-2012 - The drive to encourage people to adopt sustainable diets could exacerbate problems of nutrient deficiency in vulnerable sections of the UK population, the director general of the British Nutrition Foundation has warned.

Food safety allergen thresholds by 2014: Unilever

24-Apr-2012 - Allergen thresholds that food manufacturers can use to ensure safe production within factories and for improved product labelling could become a reality within two years, a Uniliever expert has claimed.

FSA study aims to cut poultry Campylobacter

24-Apr-2012 - The Food Standards Agency (FSA) aims to cut campylobacteriosis by commissioning research to trace the sources of Campylobacter infection – often linked to poultry.

Safety watchdog EFSA urges more turkey salmonella surveys

24-Apr-2012 - Food safety watchdog, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has urged EU Member States to step up monitoring of turkeys for salmonella infection.

Acrylamide levels rising but FSA advice unchanged

24-Apr-2012 - Levels of the chemical acrylamide are rising in some food products while falling in others, according to the latest survey by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Food labs gear up for allergen tests

24-Apr-2012 - Independent food laboratories are gearing up to meet increasing demand for their services from manufacturers and retailers as incidents related to allergens in foods increase.

New X-ray food safety systems ‘cut jams and downtime’

24-Apr-2012 - Two new X-ray food safety detection systems make the identification of contaminants quicker and more cost-efficient, claim the manufacturers Thermo Fisher Scientific and German manufacturer Heuft.

Jamie Oliver: ‘government inaction’ worsens obesity

23-Apr-2012 - The government is deepening the obesity crisis by allowing flagship academies to lower national nutritional standards, warns Jamie Oliver.

Olympic obesity claims rejected by food manufacturers

16-Apr-2012 - Food manufacturers have rejected claims from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) that advertising food at the Olympics will worsen the UK’s obesity crisis.

Poultry industry welcomes Which? campylobacter report

13-Apr-2012 - A report from consumer watchdog Which? revealing that one-in-five supermarket chickens was contaminated with campylobacter has been welcomed by the UK poultry industry.

Meat industry slams PETA’s obesity death poster

12-Apr-2012 - An anti-meat poster from campaign group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) linking meat to death from obesity has been slammed by the meat industry and labelled “shoddy scaremongering”.

GM maize strain given EFSA all-clear

12-Apr-2012 - No negative effects on human and animal health or the environment can be traced to a trial of genetically modified (GM) maize strain which produces insect toxin, according to research from the European Food Safety authority (EFSA).

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Food manufacturers warned of GMO rice fraud

11-Apr-2012 - Food manufacturers are being warned of a possible food fraud surrounding the production of imported basmati rice which could be intentionally contaminated with Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).

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Bakkavör wins RoSPA health and safety award

11-Apr-2012 - Chilled foods manufacturer Bakkavör has been rewarded for its commitment to health and safety at two of its UK sites by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).

Norovirus threat to Olympics matches Al-Qaeda

23-Mar-2012 - Foodborne diseases, such as norovirus, are as big a threat to the Olympics as terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda, according to a Home Office risk assessment.

Red meat health warning: eat more!

23-Mar-2012 - The latest health warnings about red meat focus on the dangers of eating too little not too much.

‘No need’ for laws to tackle Britain’s obesity crisis

16-Mar-2012 - Leading scientists and food and drink manufacturers have rejected calls for legislation to tackle Britain’s obesity crisis from consumer campaign group Which?

Food manufacturers reject Which? obesity claims

15-Mar-2012 - UK food and drink manufacturers have rejected claims by campaign group Which? that the government’s Public Health Responsibility Deal has made inadequate progress at reducing what it describes as “the national obesity emergency”.

Harvard red meat cancer study under fire

14-Mar-2012 - Meat industry experts and health campaigners have both questioned the results of a Harvard Medical School study which claimed to show that eating a diet high in red meat shortened life expectancy.

Harvard red meat study highlights cancer risk

13-Mar-2012 - Diets high in red meat reduce life expectancy through an increased risk of cancer and cardio vascular disease, according to the results of a new study from Harvard Medical School.

Research bid to breed bug-resistant chickens

05-Mar-2012 - Chickens resistant to Campylobacter – a bacteria that is the biggest cause of food poisoning in the UK – could result from a new £1.3M research project.

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