Food safety – Page 4
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NewsIndia hastens to regulate GM food
Study highlights marketed products containing GM material without official permits
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ArticleSustaining the supply of trustworthy food
The world’s population is expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050. This will have a significant impact on the sustainable access of the Earth’s resources, including the availability of food
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NewsUK appoints new government chemist
Julian Braybrook will become the 15th person to hold the post since it was created more than a century ago
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PodcastSeeds of Science by Mark Lynas – Book club
Mark Lynas on his journey from anti-GM activist to advocate
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ResearchZeolite filters out carcinogens to make tastier smoked foods
Technology can remove up to 93% of polyaromatic hydrocarbons produced by the smoking process
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NewsEuropean risk assessment slams neonicotinoids
EFSA analysis confirming harm to bees could lead to an outright ban on the pesticides
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ResearchFood additive may have given deadly bacterium its chance
Trehalose sugar offers competitive advantage to virulent strains of gut bacterium C. difficile
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NewsUS auditors still have a beef with Brazilian meat
Months after Brazil’s meat scandal was uncovered, US food safety agency finds that problems persist with inspection and regulatory enforcement
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NewsFuran in food worries European safety agency
Levels of cooking contaminant that can damage liver flagged up by food body
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ReviewThe angry chef: bad science and the truth about healthy eating
Tackling myths about food and nutrition
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ResearchShop receipts may explain majority of BPA detected in people
Skin contact with dermal paper may be a much more important source of endocrine disruptor than previously thought
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FeatureArsenic and rice - a growing problem?
Hayley Bennett highlights rice’s natural affinity for arsenic and what researchers are doing about it
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NewsMillions of 'bad eggs' recalled in contamination scandal
Investigations into how chicken eggs across Europe came to contain fipronil are still ongoing
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News'Remarkably flavourful' lab-grown poultry
Artificial meat firm now racing to drive down costs with an eye on consumer sales by 2021
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OpinionUsing microbes to explore new flavours
Microbes are often enemies in the kitchen, but when used can add new dimensions to cooking
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PodcastArsenic trioxide
How a ‘daft’ pharmacy mix up led to a series of poisonings in Victorian Britain
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NewsNew database offers one stop shop for food safety hazards
Tool brings together safety information from Europe’s food safety agency