News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Oxford Farming Conference
Quitting the EU could spell ‘heaven or hell’ for the UK food and farming industry, according to two sharply contrasting views presented by former environment secretary Owen Paterson and EU agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan at the Oxford Farming Conference.
Research into bread wheat genomes will provide researchers with a new resource to improve yield, stress response, pest resistance and wheat adaptation, the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) has announced.
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has contracted DNA laboratory Weatherbys and Eurofins Genomics to genotyping over one million cows by 2017.
Italian health chiefs have taken a tough stance on the use of activated charcoal in baked goods – banning bakers from describing such products as bread and clamping down on health claims.
In 2015 Lithuania exported 420 tonnes (t) of beef produced through ritual slaughter, which now makes up 10% overall beef exports from the country, according to the country’s Food and Veterinary Service (FVS).
South Africa and the US have reached an agreement on meat trade after overcoming issues such as testing for Salmonella on poultry.
It makes simple economic sense to reduce levels of obesity and overweight because if current rates continue it will cause 700,000 new cases of cancer in the next twenty years, says a report by Cancer Research UK.
Dispatches from FiE, Paris
Vegetable ingredients are winning favor with consumers who value them as a healthy part of their diet, but how will the category evolve in 2016 and beyond?
Zebra Technologies has launched a mobile scanning device which may improve meat traceability, as well as the productivity of warehouse employees.
In a shock U-turn, the UK Prime Minister David Cameron says he will consider a sugar tax as a measure to fight obesity.
Roka Bioscience has developed a testing approach with Cargill to give an indication of potential Salmonella contamination in poultry products.