Governance
Regulatory updates on food trade and commercial breakthroughs on product safety.
Africa: Olam certified for water stewardship in Tanzania
Olam International has become the first agri-business globally to achieve the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Standard certification for its Aviv Coffee Plantation in...
Europe: Chr Hansen, researchers develop fermentation process for carmine
Researchers from Chr. Hansen, the University of Copenhagen, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences (KU) and Technical University of Denmark, Department of Systems Biology...
Europe: Hydroxyanthracene derivatives in food concerning, EFSA
Some substances belonging to a group of plant ingredients known as hydroxyanthracene derivatives can damage DNA and may cause cancer, said European Food Safety...
Americas: Long-term consumption of fish oils damages the liver, research finds
An international group of scientists led by the University of Granada (UGR) has demonstrated that the long-term intake of sunflower or fish oils damages...
Americas: Alliance releases new global cold chain directory
The Global Cold Chain Alliance has published the 2015-2016 Global Cold Chain Directory, which consists of the print publication, online directory and mobile app.
The mobile...
World: Palm oil keeps global food price trend rising April, finds FAO
Global prices of key staple food commodities rose in April, marking its third consecutive monthly increase after four years of decline.
The FAO Food Price...
Americas: Sensor that detects toxins in beer
Scientists have developed a portable sensor that can help minimize the risk contamination by mycotoxins during beer production.
Their report appears in American Chemical Society's...
Europe: NSF International expands in region
NSF International has acquired food safety and quality service company Euro Consultants Group (ECG) in Wavre, Belgium.
The two organizations share a similar commitment to...
Americas: Paper, analysis to enhance food safety on fresh produce
Scientists report in Analytical Chemistry that they are closing in on a way to use a combination of color-changing paper and electrochemical analysis to...
Europe: Perstorp’s packaging material deemed as food safe
The key monomer in Perstorp’s Akestra thermoplastic copolyester has been added to (EU) 10/2011 by the European Commission as 'plastic materials and articles intended...