This less-than-optimistic prediction follows a severe 70% slide in food and drink start-up investments last year compared with 2021, according to Forward Fooding’s FoodTech Data Navigator​.But just €4.3bn is set to be invested in Europe’s food and drink start-ups and scale ups this year, a 30% drop on 2023 levels, the same data shows.“The food

Argentina has approved a new national plan on the prevention and control of Trichinella. The National Service for Agri-Food Health and Quality (Senasa) said the move updates the regulations on the management of the disease throughout the country. The aim is to reduce cases in humans through the early detection of animals with parasites and directing

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

The producer of Darwin’s Natural Pet Products has refused to recall certain raw cat and dog foods despite the fact that the FDA has found contamination with Salmonella and Listeria. Because Arrow Reliance Inc. has not recalled the implicated pet foods, the Food and Drug Administration has issued a public warning. The FDA is recommending

County officials are now reporting that at least 16 people have become infected with Salmonella after eating at a Mexican restaurant in Valencia, CA. People who dined at Madre Oaxacan Restaurant & Mezcaleria late this past week began reporting symptoms of food poisoning, and Public Health was alerted to the situation on Tuesday, Sept. 17.

Two recent surveys of consumers show record lows in confidence of the safety of the U.S. food supply. In a Gallup poll, 28 percent of survey respondents do not have much confidence, and 14 percent have “none at all.” In a survey by the International Food Information Council (IFIC), survey questions involved selected microbial concerns

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) denied the Environmental Working Group’s petition demanding more policing of climate claims as recently as  Aug. 28. But EWG did not wait long before choosing a target and filing a federal lawsuit.  The environmental and consumer organization filed a lawsuit  against Tyson Foods Inc., the second largest meat

Despite some stakeholders expressing concern about the plans, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) continues looking into a new form of food hygiene regulation for large, national businesses. At a FSA board meeting this week, members were told about the results of a trial in England with Aldi, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, and Waitrose over the past

The L.A. County Department of Public Health is investigating a Mexican restaurant in Valencia following multiple reports of food poisoning arising from dining at the restaurant late last week.  According to Public Health’s media relations division, the department began receiving reports of “gastrointestinal symptoms” on Tuesday after people dined at Madre Oaxacan Restaurant & Mezcaleria. 

In the world of alternative foods, such as cultivated meat and products made from precision fermentation, burgeoning technologies are often developed at a small scale. While great for innovation, in the long-term this won’t achieve what food is really there to do: feed the population. Without being upscaled, new food tech may well change our understanding