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UK – The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced a brand-new, user-friendly web gateway for food businesses that gathers a wealth of information and assistance in one location. The new Here to Help area on the FSA website, according to the regulator, has collected its most popular guidance pages, such as those on how to start a food business, how…
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JAPAN – Consumers with egg allergies can now enjoy the protein-rich meal devoid of worries thanks to a Japanese invention that has utilized gene editing to produce allergen-free eggs. Ovomucoid is a protein found in egg whites making up around 11% of the protein in egg whites and the main culprit behind egg allergies. Chicken egg allergies are one of…
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THAILAND – Thailand researchers have developed an antimicrobial coating infused with cannabidiol—a non-hallucinogenic compound from cannabis known as CBD—and sodium alginate to extend the shelf life of berries. Berries are commonly stored and transported by refrigeration in controlled atmospheres to protect shelf life for long periods of storage. They generally last anywhere from 3 to 7 seven days once they…
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U.S – The state of Minnesota is on the verge of passing legislation that will outlaw almost all PFAs uses there. With a few exceptions, the prohibition would forbid the sale and distribution of goods in Minnesota that had PFAs added on purpose as of January 1, 2025. Due to the long-term persistence of PFAs in the environment and the…
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EUROPE – The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and its partners in EU Member States are launching the third iteration of the #EUChooseSafeFood campaign on social media in response to the two previous iterations’ success. The #EUChooseSafeFood campaign aims to assist Europeans in making informed decisions regarding their dietary choices. It is intended to encourage Europeans to reflect critically on…
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EUROPE – European parliament has faced backlash for voting against including plant-based milk in the bloc’s Farm to School Scheme that supports the distribution of milk, fruit & vegetables to millions of children, from nursery to secondary school, across the EU. The move has been reported to be a significant blow to the dairy industry stakeholders who have been accused…
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GLOBAL – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United nations (FAO) have settled for “Cell-based food” as the term to describe meat that has been produced in the lab. Defending their preferred name, the two organizations noted that cell-based food was “less confusing, conveniently overarching and generally well-accepted by consumers”, and accurately reflects…
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GLOBAL – Gen Z and younger Millennials are ‘breaking the norm’ when it comes to sweetener preferences among different generations, a new study by taste and nutrition company Kerry has revealed. According to the study, younger consumers are placing greater importance on sugar in food and drinks, with 36% of these consumers skeptical of ingredients used to replace sugar in…
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AUSTRALIA – Australia’s Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is applying to the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) for permission to commercially cultivate genetically modified (GM) banana plants that have been engineered to withstand Fusarium wilt tropical race 4, popularly known as Panama disease. The GM banana plants are not intended to replace the Cavendish banana crop now grown in Australia; rather,…
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U.S – Researchers at the University of Kentucky, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) have created the first gene-edited calf with resistance to the bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), which costs the U.S. cattle industry billions of dollars every year. First discovered in the 1940s, BVDV is one of the…
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