FoodNavigator is pleased to announce its Climate Smart Food digital summit is returning in 2024, to be broadcast 24 – 26 September 2024. The free-to-attend event is open for registrations now.Over three days, from 2pm-5pm CEST, we’ll be asking how the food industry can not just survive, but also thrive, in the face of the
Meal-replacement drinks with a ‘clever’ twistMeal-replacement powder brand, vybey, is launching its brain-care range into Europe this month.Image credit: VybeyFounders Gordon Belch and Rory Paterson say they created the meal-replacement powder with nootropics, ‘to support brain health and overall wellbeing’.“We try and see things a little differently from a number our sports nutrition peers,” says
According to a Dutch assessment, there is a high level of uncertainty around the risks posed by eating bushmeat. The Office for Risk Assessment and Research (BuRO), part of the Netherlands Food and Product Safety Authority (NVWA), looked at the microbiological and chemical risks to consumer health from the consumption of bushmeat, as well as traditional medicines from bushmeat.
If you can always ask, you can always ask again. And asking again is the tactic the Animal Welfare Institute is taking with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). In May 2023, the Animal Welfare Institute, Compassion in World Farming, the Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society Legislative Fund, Humane Society Veterinary
The Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction as part of its enforcement activities. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a company
Within the Job Creation Law or omnibus law introduced by Indonesian President Joko Widodo back in 2020, one of the targets was for all food and beverage firms as well as animal slaughter services to fall under a halal certification mandate by October this year, but with numbers falling short and the deadline fast approaching
A national trade organization representing beef producers is pushing back against a research project that has found that dust from feedlots can contaminate produce growing fields and irrigation water. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association posted a statement saying that more research is needed. The pushback came after the Food and Drug Association reported findings from
— OPINION — Renee Shutters of Jamestown, NY, noticed adverse effects in her son’s behavior and attention span after he consumed M&M’s made with artificial food colors (AFCs). Beginning a petition on Change.org, Shutters called out food manufacturing corporation Mars, for their use of synthetic food dyes in M&M’s. After sharing her story on multiple
Co-author Tyler Williams, Director of Scientific Services, PathoSans — OPINION — Each of the authors of this article serves a specific role for our respective organizations. But we are united by a belief in the importance of food safety as a critical public and personal health issue that impacts everyone. It’s an issue that can
While commodities are bought and sold around the world, only a few are sold on the commodity market.A commodity market is where commodities, including many food raw materials, are traded, much like stocks and shares.This often affects the market price. Thus, the price of a commodity on the commodity exchange will be influenced by forces