High cadmium levels in cocoa from Peru may impact chocolate quality
Cocoa beans from many plantations in Peru contain cadmium levels far higher than the EU’s incoming thresholds for chocolate and cocoa products, finds research backed by the USDA.
Archives for July 3, 2017
EU pledges further €70 million for fruit farmers hit by Russia ban
Existing measures designed to aid fruit producers affected by the Russian import ban are to be extended by a further year until the end of June 2018.
Analytik Jena to focus on core business of lab analysis
Analytik Jena has sold all of its shares in previously wholly owned subsidiary AJ Blomesystem to the GUS Group.
Too much meat can make children fat, study finds
High intake of protein in early childhood, particularly from animal sources, is associated with a higher body mass index (BMI), according to new research carried out in the Netherlands.
Cryptosporidium and Salmonella increase in UK zoonoses report
Salmonella infections increased by 17% reversing a trend of year-to-year decreases since 2006, according to the latest UK figures.
Food growth must think sustainable to protect biodiversity, report states
Farming practices used to grow agricultural products such as bananas, sugar, palm oil and soybeans must adopt a more sustainable approach in order to halt the loss of biodiversity, a report warns.
Nestlé Spain investing $2.5m in Sevares factory
Nestlé Spain plans to invest €2.24m ($2.54m) in its production center in Sevares (Asturias) this year, to renovate a production line, and for modernization of the factory's quality control laboratory.
Bird flu sees South Africa toughen live chicken sales
Tightened controls on live chicken sales have been rolled out as South Africa’s government combats the country’s first-ever outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) strain H5N8.
Fresh hot pepper outbreak sickened 32 in nine states
An outbreak of Salmonella that sickened 32 people in nine states last year has been revealed by US agencies.