Europe: EFSA advises on heat treatment of bivalve molluscs
Experts at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have evaluated possible alternatives to the current heat treatments of molluscs required by European Union legislation...
Europe: Carbon price tags needed on bioplastics, says association
European Bioplastics is supporting initiatives to develop global carbon-pricing mechanisms and implement them effectively.
It says these measures would be needed to incorporate the external...
Europe: mymuesli consumers create customized packaging at store
German start-up mymuesli has opened a store in Heidelberg for consumers to buy their favorite muesli, select text and images and print their can...
Europe: Food security, climate change on same agreement
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva welcomed the approval of the Paris Agreement, saying that "for the first time ever, food security features in...
Americas: SmartLabel technology offers product information to consumers
A group of companies from the consumer products as well as food and beverage industries have launched the SmartLabel technology initiative for consumers to...
Europe: Company’s process enables infinite recycling of PET
Chemistry company Carbios is developing its enzymatic depolimerization process of polyesters rending it applicable to polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
This proprietary process enables the depolymerization of...
Asia Pacific: GEA builds earthquake resistant facility for Fonterra in NZ
GEA has built a whole milk drying plant for Fonterra in earthquake zone Pahiatua in New Zealand that produces at 15 tons/hour and is...
Americas: US demand for fresh ingredients thawing frozen foods growth
The growing demand for fresh products or, at least, fresher products in refrigerated rather than frozen form is challenging the US frozen foods sector,...
Americas: Coconut oil may be good for the gut, find researchers
Coconut oil has effectively controlled the overgrowth of a fungal pathogen called Candida albicans (C. albicans) in mice, finds an inter-disciplinary study led by...
Europe: FAO, partners launch initiative to reduce food loss
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the CGIAR research program on Policies,...