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Americas: Junk food tax is viable, say researchers

A federal tax on junk food is both legally and administratively feasible, according to researchers at New York University (NYU) College of Global Public...

Europe: FAO reports stable food prices

Global food commodity markets are on a stable path for the year ahead, with solid production prospects and abundant stocks pointing to a broadly...

Americas: 1,000 nonprofits honored in food guide

The James Beard Foundation, Food Tank and an advisory group of more than 70 food system experts, developed the second annual Good Food Org...

Asia Pacific: FSANZ calls for comments on safe food packaging

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for submissions on a proposal investigating chemical migration from packaging into food and whether existing regulations...

Americas: Sidel wins patent claims against US company

Sidel has for the third time enforced its intellectual property (IP) rights on the same key innovation. The patent claims made by Sidel against the...

Europe: UK releases guidance on glitters, dusts for decorating food

The Food Standards Agency in the UK has issued guidance on the legal requirements on dusts and glitters for food decoration. This follows after EdAble...

Americas: Ardent Mills expands voluntary recall of flour products

Ardent Mills has voluntarily recalled certain brands of flour and flour products as requested by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). CFIA requested this expanded...

Asia Pacific: Australian dairy, sectors to study on nitrogen use

National services body Dairy Australia will receive approximately US$1.5 million from the Australian Government to support nitrogen use efficiency research development and engineering or...

Europe: EFSA improves scientific assessments

European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) Scientific Committee has developed three key methodological frameworks to improve the robustness, quality and transparency of the scientific assessments...

Europe: New BRC toolkit aims to improve packaging safety

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has released the new issue 5 of BRC Global Standard for packaging and packaging material. BRC Packaging standard is a...