Cold plasma touted as treatment to tackle norovirus
Cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAPP) can reduce the risk of transmitting norovirus, according to a study.
Archives for January 14, 2015
Modernization, collaboration, education, safer nation
FSIS Administrator Al Almanza reviews 2014, eyes the year ahead (Part 2)
Major product recalls, multistate outbreaks of foodborne illness, formalizing cooperation among federal agencies, and an overhaul of the poultry slaughter inspection system: such challenges are all in a day's work for Al Almanza, adminstrator of USDA's...
What are industry’s science and technology needs?
Food fraud, healthy diets and sustainability are among the issues needing innovation in science and technology, according to a major survey from Campden BRI.
600 calories, 75 g protein, 30 g carbs: EFSA issues ‘milestone’ diet replacement opinion
EFSA has very specifically refined what a low-calorie diet replacement regime should contain including a minimum of 600 calories and 30 g of carbohydrates per day. One observer said the opinion was more important than a health claim win for certain...
Where is the food ingredients industry going? HIE lessons and sessions
Despite challenging times in the ingredient business there exist excellent opportunities particularly for mid-sized ingredient firms, concludes Nordic strategy and marketing agency Invenire. Analyst Patricia Wiklund unpicks key trends from the recent...
China bans all US poultry over bird flu scare
China has reacted to the recent avian influenza outbreaks with a blanket ban on all US poultry and egg products.
Sweet enough? French dismissal of sweetener benefits is a public health pity, says ISA
The French food agency failed to take on the full health picture and missed a good opportunity for public health change with its dismissal of sweetener benefits, according to the International Sweeteners Association (ISA).
China second largest export market for Irish dairy: Bord Bia
Infant formula-hungry China is now the second largest export market for Irish dairy, according to Bord Bia (Irish Food Board).
Oxford Farming Conference
Food industry faces ‘disaster’ if UK quits EU
Quitting the EU would be “a disaster” for the UK food industry, according to leading politicians at the recent Oxford Farming Conference.
Functional and healthy GM foods have large market potential
Consumers are more accepting of, and willing to pay more for, genetically modified (GM) foods that have defined health benefits, say researchers.
Salmonella detection in poultry matrices talk at IPPE
Salmonella enterica detection in poultry matrices will be the subject of a presentation at the International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE).
‘Excipient foods' show promise in enhancing nutrient bioavailability
Improving the design of functional and finished products by better understanding the role of excipient foods could help increase the bioavailability of functional nutrients, according to new research.