Archives for June 11, 2009

No risk in short term from 4-methylbenzophenone, says EFSA

The short-term consumption of breakfast cereals contaminated with previously reported levels of the 4-methylbenzophenone (4MBP) poses no risk to human health, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said.

Dispatches from IFT

National Starch dials in Precisa texture systems

National Starch introduced new texture systems at the IFT expo in Anaheim, USA, this week, designed with the help of its Dial-in Texture Technology.

EFSA confirms GM antibiotic-related gene safety

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has reaffirmed that two antibiotic resistance marker genes, nptII and aadA, pose no threat to humans or the environment.

Dispatches from IFT

Super fruit expertise opens up super veggie potential

Expertise garnered from studying super fruit is opening up possibilities to make super veggies. NZ Plant & Food Research’s Karl Crawford tells Stephen Daniells how the recent merger between HortResearch and Crop & Food Research has opened up new...

Questions and confusion as “best before” label debate intensifies

Industry experts and the UK food safety watchdog have been assessing and clarifying the implications of the government’s much-discussed announcement to overhaul the food labelling date system.