Make loaves, not war: Government stability key to minimising food riot risk
Violent uprisings related to food scarcity will depend more on the strength of a country's government rather than the impact of climate change, a study says.
Archives for June 11, 2017
China takes big step toward improving pig welfare
Chinese agri-food producer Da Bei Nong will introduce group sow housing and lower stocking density in a scheme that could radically change animal welfare for half the world’s pig population.
PulseNet International pushes uptake of whole genome sequencing
A network dedicated to bacterial foodborne disease surveillance will standardise subtyping via WGS using whole genome multilocus sequence typing (wgMLST).
IAEA and FAO go mobile to tackle food fraud
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are to look at mobile tools to combat food fraud and contamination.
Syngenta to sell sugar beet business
Swiss biotech giant Syngenta will sell its sugar beet seed business to Danish company DLF Seeds.
Lost in processing? Organic’s ‘halo effect’ blunted in processed food
Organic claims for processed foods may not be particularly advantageous in promoting the benefits of the product, a study reckons.
Nestlé comes out top in report assessing chocolate companies for their progress tackling child labor
Nestlé Cocoa Plan has come out top in a report by Stop the Traffik and Baptist World Aid Australia assessing the progress made by chocolate companies and certification organizations in tackling child labor in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.
Meat sector facing new trade tariffs post-Brexit
UK meat exporters may have to negotiate trade tariffs on a country-by-country basis with over 100 nations upon exiting the European Union (EU) on 29 March, 2019.