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Americas: Cornell University, institute create anti-bacteria nanoscale surface
Just as the invention of nonstick pans was a boon for chefs, a new type of nanoscale surface that bacteria cannot stick to holds...
Europe: Danish researchers find chemical cocktail effects in food
A recently completed, four-year research project on cocktail effects in foods, led by the National Food Institute, has established that when two or more...
World: Barry Callebaut launches clean water campaign with cocoa farmers, communities
The Barry Callebaut Group and its subsidiary Biopartenaire, a direct sourcing enterprise for sustainable cocoa beans, have launched a clean water campaign to deliver...
Europe: Ministers agrees on new organic regulation
European ministers at the AGRIFISH Council agreed on a general approach on the Commission proposal for a new organic regulation.
An IFOAM EU delegation in...
Europe: Time is running out for producers in food color labeling, says GNT
The transition period for the implementation of the European Guidance notes on the classification of food extracts with coloring properties will end on November...
Europe: Understand context on food classifications, says IFR
The International Agency for Research on Cancer's (IACR) announcement that processed meat is a cause of cancer, and that red meat is a probable...
Europe: UK, FAO to collaborate freely on food initiatives
The Department for International Development of the United Kingdom (DfID) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have signed an...
Europe: Tool for estimating vulnerability to food fraud
Wageningen University, RIKILT Wageningen UR and VU Amsterdam have launched the Food Fraud Vulnerability Assessment tool (FFVA) for companies to approximate their vulnerability to...
Europe: Henkel holds two webinars on food safety
Henkel will host two webinars imparting industry knowledge on basic food safety topics on its knowledge platform.
On April 29, 2016, at 10:00 AM CEST,...
Asia Pacific: Ingredion’s resistant starch obtains health claim in Australia
Ingredion has obtained a General Level Digestive Health Claim for Hi-Maize resistant starch from Food Standards Australia New Zealand, a statutory agency which is...