News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Following a request from the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) panel has published a scientific opinion on the issue of tail-docking in pigs, looking at risk factors and impact on animal...
Despite widespread interest in sustainability issues, the labelling of products with information on environmental and ethical issues remains a low priority for consumers when compared to nutritional value and price.
When it comes to putting sustainability promises in to practice, it is vital that industry understands the key issues that affect different regions, says Job Leuning of Cargill.
A watchdog group is suing to get the agency to treat anti-biotic resistant strains of Salmonella as adulterants in meat.
A new understanding of how plants and crops defend themselves against diseases could help to breed more successful disease-resistant agricultural crops, say researchers.
Australia
New research has revealed that Far from being a threat to fisheries, whales may in fact play a key role in sustaining fish stocks.