The Environmental Group is out with its annual Dirty Dozen fresh fruits and vegetables and the Alliance for Food and Farming is countering the message as usual. The EWG generally pushes consumers to buy organic fruits and vegetables while the AFF says it is important to eat fresh produce whether or not it is organic.
More than 100 patients have been added to a multi-country Salmonella outbreak that began in 2021. By mid-March 2024, 300 Salmonella Mbandaka patients have been reported, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The United Kingdom has the most cases with 173 and Finland has
Officials in the United Kingdom are looking into an E. coli outbreak linked to chili sticks that has affected five people. The Food Standards Agency (FSA), Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are investigating the outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O157 with five cases. Four sick people live in
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for imported frozen catfish products that were illegally imported from the People’s Republic of China and are ineligible for entry into the United States. The products were not certified for export to the U.S. by the government of
German precision fermentation player Formo is teaming up with Belgium-headquartered Those Vegan Cowboys in what they say is a ‘first-of-its-kind’ collaboration.At first glance, the two start-ups appear to be creating much the same thing: cheese made from precision fermentation-derived protein. And the similarities don’t end there. They’re also developing the same kind of protein –
One of the new launches is an addition to the firm’s Bifidus Yogurt range. Named the “Bifidus Yogurt Bone Density Countermeasure Drink Type”, it contains Morinaga’s Bifidobacterium longum BB536 (B. longum BB536) and maltobionic acid.The product claims to provide “double care for bones and intestines”, and is set to go on sale across Japan from
Nutrition for babies, toddlers and children is a complex and sometimes contentious issue with parents feeling under pressure from certain societal influences. Whether it’s breastfeeding versus bottle feeding or homemade meals versus prepared meals, there is a seemingly never ending number of food-based decisions for parents to make, and plenty of people on the sidelines
Ultra-processed plant-based foods are on the rise, particularly in the out-of-home (OOH) environment. But are they healthy?Fresh research funded by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe has sought to find out, with a particular focus on one popular food product: ultra-processed plant-based burgers.Spotlight on ultra-processing and plant-basedMost, but not all, plant-based burgers
Pennsylvania State Rep. Natalie Mihalek has introduced House Bill 2116, to prohibit certain substances in food in the state. Today, Rep. Mihalek, Rep. Melissa Shusterman, and Sen. Devlin Robinson are hosting a press conference on this legislation. Pennsylvania is the fourth state to consider such legislation after California, New York, and Illinois. This time, the National Confectioners Association reports
The number of Cryptosporidium outbreaks involving an agency of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) increased in 2023. The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) assisted with investigations into seven Cryptosporidium parvum outbreaks linked to an animal origin. Five were in England and two were in Wales. One outbreak of cryptosporidiosis was