There is a need for a specific food safety regulatory framework for donated food in Australia, according to researchers. Current national food safety laws and policies regulate businesses, but do not apply to donations. The study, published in the journal Food Policy, involved visually identifying and assessing the safety and quality of donations at an

In a meeting that spanned more than two hours, members of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee questioned executives from Arla Foods, Kraft Heinz and Unilever about deploying the practice of ‘shrinkflation’, their relationships with retailers and their approach to foods high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS).Representatives from Dairy UK, the Agricultural Industries

The gut-health industry is on the up and up with terms such as probiotics, good bacteria and the microbiome, all now part of the common vernacular. So why has this trend become so popular and what’s next for this unstoppable force of gut-friendly nature.What is the gut microbiome?​Each of us has trillions of microbes or

Eating too much fat, salt and sugar is not good news for one’s health, with overconsumption linked to increased non-communicable disease risk. In response, stakeholders – including manufacturers and policymakers – are taking action.For food and beverage makers, retaining consumers is an obvious priority. How can they best remove fat, salt and sugar from traditionally

— ANALYSIS — Whether it was in federal court or, as now, state court, Amos Miller has delivered like one of those old Sunday morning serial cartoons. Pennsylvania’s Attorney General thinks Miller, like everybody else, should comply with state raw milk license and permit requirements. Miller does not think so.    A state Lancaster County

A recent review assessed how technology can play a role in early warning and emerging risk identification systems. The review covers the existing applications of artificial intelligence, big data, and internet of things (IoT) in developing early warning and emerging food safety risk identification tools and methods. Information comes from 40 original studies and 57

The Food and Drug Administration continues using import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below.  Click here to go to the FDA page with links to details on

Proposed changes to the levels of checks on a range of products, including sesame seeds from India and Turkey for Salmonella, have been put forward by UK food agencies. The plans cover official controls and special conditions on imported high-risk food and feed that is not of animal origin. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and

Gen Z are “the most diverse, best-educated and most stressed-out generation in the country’s history,” FoodNavigator was told last month​. They are, indeed, very stressed. For example, according to marketing agency Mintel, 94% of Gen Z in Germany felt stressed at least once per week during August 2022, compared to 25% of Boomers.It isn’t just

UPFs have found themselves at the center of a growing storm of controversy.Last month, a pan-European study from the EIT Food Consumer Observatory revealed 65% of Europeans believe UPF are unhealthy, while 60% consider them to be bad for the environment, linked to the perception of unnaturalness, the presence of chemicals and industrial production.This follows