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04 Jul 2018

New guidance on nanotechnologies in food and feed

EFSA has published its guidance on how to assess the safety of nanoscience and nanotechnology applications. The guidance focuses on the safety assessment for human and animal healt...

Tags: Additives, EFSA, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Pesticides

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02 Jul 2018

Le cannucce di plastica permangono nei secoli: 500 anni per distruggersi

Secondo gli studi del centro Enea, oltre l’80% dei rifiuti che invadono i litorali italiani è rappresentato da plastiche, che finiscono poi in mare dove nel corso degli anni div...

Tags: Environment, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Italy, Plastics

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29 Jun 2018

Tackling food waste: turning nemesis into a saviour

According to Dr Milka Sokolović from the European Food Information Council (EUFIC), function of food packaging has traditionally been limited to passive protection from external ...

Tags: Environment, Food Packaging, Food Waste

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28 Jun 2018

Pesticide residues: new advice on foods for infants and young children

Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA has made a number of recommendations to further protect young infants from potential risks posed by pesticide residues in foo...

Tags: Babies, Consumers, EFSA, Food Safety, Pesticides

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27 Jun 2018

A worldwide shift: profiling the alternative meat market

According to recent research from GlobalData, the majority of the world’s population has adopted a diet that features reduced or entirely absent meat consumption. Changing consum...

Tags: Animals, Consumers, Environment, Healthy diet, Meat, Vegan

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27 Jun 2018

‘Enormous potential for the nutrition of millions’: Savanna Ingredients develops natural sugar without calories

Germany’s Savanna Ingredients has developed a process to produce allulose – “real sugar without calories” – on a mass scale. The group expects to achieve European...

Tags: EU, Healthy diet, Nutrition, Sugar

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20 Jun 2018

Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth

Avoiding meat and dairy products is the single biggest way to reduce your environmental impact on the planet, according to the scientists behind the most comprehensive analysis to ...

Tags: Agriculture, Climate Change, Environment, Meat, Nutrition, Vegan

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18 Jun 2018

High risk of food shortages without pesticides, says chemical giant

Head of Syngenta, world’s biggest pesticide maker, says rejecting farming tech could have serious consequences within 20 years. Read the full article on The Guardian here....

Tags: Agriculture, Climate Change, Environment, EU, Organic, Pesticides

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18 Jun 2018

Zucchero, la dose giornaliera da non superare

Resistere allo zucchero sarebbe davvero una gran brutta vita, ma gli studi dell’Organizzazione mondiale della sanità, dell’Agenzia Internazionale della ricerca sul cancro e de...

Tags: Healthy diet, Italy, Nutrition, Obesity, Sugar, WHO

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13 Jun 2018

DSM removes benzoate from cheese ripening enzyme to meet clean-label demand

Dutch health and nutrition company Royal DSM says its Accelerzyme CPG, the company’s proprietary enzyme for accelerated cheese ripening, is now benzoate-free. Read the full artic...

Tags: Consumers, Food Safety, Nutrition

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12 Jun 2018

Les agences européennes précisent la définition des perturbateurs endocriniens

Après l’adoption fin 2017 des critères  d’identification des perturbateurs endocriniens, les agences européennes ont publié le 7 juin un document d’orientation pou...

Tags: EFSA, Endocrine disruptors, EU, Food Safety

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11 Jun 2018

Food safety in the future EU budget (2021-2027)

On June 7, the Commission adopted a legislative proposal for a new Single Market Programme, which also addresses food policies. Specific objectives include: supporting sustainable ...

Tags: EU, European Commission, Food Safety