Archives for February 18, 2016

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Diet nutrients play larger role in gene function: Study

By Wai Lang Chu

Cell behaviour is determined by nutrients in the diet, suggesting the biochemical reactions that occur within an organism play a larger part in gene regulation than previously thought, a study has concluded. 

Bird flu epidemic devastates Nigeria

By Oscar Rousseau

Nigeria is grappling with a damaging bird flu epidemic that has caused the deaths of 90,000 chickens in less than a month. 

FOOD VISION 2016: How to get your innovative company centre stage

By Niamh Michail

Is your company an innovative trailblazer in food and nutrition? Unilever Foundry is looking for the brightest company to take part in Food Vision's innovation panel and share insights alongside big industry players at Food Vision in March.

dispatches from NSF International EMEA conference

Food fraud, big data and horizon scanning at NSF conference

By Joseph James Whitworth

The global scale of counterfeit food, the role of ‘big data’ in food safety and horizon scanning to predict and react to supply chain risks were some areas discussed at an industry event.

Copa-Cogeca: no further animal rights laws needed

By Oscar Rousseau

The body responsible for promoting agriculture across Europe has called on EU farm ministers to enforce existing regulation on animal rights, not to create new and complex laws. 

EU strengthens law on livestock drug use

By Andrew Burnyeat

A proposed new European Union (EU) regulation governing the use of antibiotics on animals has been welcomed with caution by farmers, medical practitioners and medicinal suppliers, after MEPs backed the law on 17 February.