New Processing Technique Helps Producing Safer Baby Food Puree

Although levels of furan—a carcinogen resulting from heat treatment techniques, such as canning and jarring—are far below of what would cause harmful effect as determined by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA), a team of food scientists from Technische University Berlin found that treatment o...
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Human Bacteria Grow On Grapevines

The bacteria species Propioni bacterium acnes plagues the skin of humans worldwide, and has always been thought of as an exclusively human-seeking pathogen. So when researchers based at the Research and Innovation Center – Fondazione Edmund Mach in Italy analyzed bacterial colonies growing on t...
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Extreme Weather Decides Distribution Of Insects

Extreme weather caused by climate change in the coming decades is likely to have profound implications for distributions of insects and other invertebrates. This is suggested by a new study of insects in tropical and temperate regions of Australia.
As climate change is progressing, the...
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Tesco ‘Free From’ Digestive Biscuits Withdrawn

IRELAND – Tesco Ireland is recalling Tesco ‘Free From’ Digestive Biscuits, because some packs may contain biscuits from the Tesco ‘Free From’ Milk Chocolate Digestive Biscuits range, which contains soya and milk.  This allergen information is not declared on the label of the implicated Tesc...
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Over 10,000 Prosecuted Over Food Safety Violation In China

China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) reported that between 2011 and 2013 over 10,100 people have been prosecuted for production and sale of substandard and poisonous food.
According to data from the SPP, prosecutors also approved the arrest of some 7,000 people linked to...
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TSILI Chilli Pepper Recalled

GREECE – Greek Food Safety Authority (EFET) Regional Directorate in Crete, following Official Food Control Program and in collaboration with the General Chemical State Laboratory, A’ Chemical Service in Piraeus, proceeded to official sampling of “chili pepper” seasoning powder product. This...
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Fir Honey Of Mainalos Origin Recalled

GREECE – Greek Food Safety Authority (EFET) Regional Directorate in Attiki in collaboration with the Directorate of Rural Economy and Veterinary of the Prefecture Unit in Arcadia, Prefecture of Peloponnese and also with the Veterinary Laboratory in Chania, following sampling program,...
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Obtiene Cinvestav Maíz Azul Que Ayuda A Prevenir Enfermedades Cardiovasculares

Investigadores del Cinvestav, Unidad Irapuato, crearon una variedad de maíz azul con mayor contenido de vitaminas, antocianinas (antioxidantes) y carotenos, nutrientes que ayudan a prevenir enfermedades cardiovasculares, amén de beneficiar la salud en general.
“Se trata de Vitamaíz, un híbrido ...
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Finnsweet Oy Withdraws Sprits Shortbread Biscuits

FINLAND – Finnsweet Oy has withdrawn Brink Sprits Shortbread Biscuits (Sprits murokeksin pakkauksessa) because English labels mislead consumers, suggesting that shortbread is suitable for gluten-sensitive individuals. However the product contains wheat flour and Finnish label states...
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European Citrus Plants Are Safe, EFSA Assesses

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concludes on its risk assessments carried out on Phyllosticta citricarpa and Xanthomonas citri, that existing measures are effective at protecting the EU from two serious diseases that attack citrus plants. Phyllosticta citricarpa is the organism which ca...
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Tesco Withdraws 'Free From' Digestive Biscuits

UNITED KINGDOM – Tesco has withdrawn its ‘Free From’ Digestive Biscuits because some packs may contain Tesco ‘Free From’ Milk Chocolate Digestive Biscuits, which contain milk and soya. This information is not mentioned on the label, making the product a possible...
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High Prices of Fruits And Vegetables Linked to Higher Body Mass Index in Children

High prices for fresh fruits and vegetables are associated with higher Body Mass Index (BMI) in young children in low- and middle-income households, according to American University researchers in the journal Pediatrics.
“There is a small, but significant, association between the prices of fr...
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Explore New Foods and Flavors During National Nutrition Month

Research confirms that taste is the number-one reason why one food is purchased over another. So what are consumers to do when the taste of favorite foods starts to lose its luster? As part of the 2014 National Nutrition Month® theme, “Enjoy the Taste of Eating Right,” the Academy of Nutrition ...
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Agricultural Crops More Vulnerable To Climate Change

A new study by a Wits University scientist has overturned a long-standing hypothesis about plant speciation (the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution), suggesting that agricultural crops could be more vulnerable to climate change than was previously thought.
Unlike...
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Gut & Günstig Haselnusskerne Recalled

GERMANY – Edeka Zentrale AG & CO. KG is recalling Gut & Günstig Hazelnuts because pieces of glass were found in the product. Therefore the product can cause potential risk to human health.
The recalled product is Gut & Günstig Hazelnuts (Gut & Günstig Haselnusskerne) packed ...
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Bitter Melon Extract May Help Combating Head and Neck Cancer

Extract taken from an Asian vegetable may have therapeutic qualities to treat head and neck cancer, a Saint Louis University researcher has found.
Preliminary findings of the research were published in the Public Library of Science One Journal by Ratna Ray, Ph.D. associate professor of...
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Lone Star Tick Likely To Cause Red Meat Allergies

Lone star tick bites are likely the cause of thousands of cases of severe red meat allergies that are plaguing patients in Southeastern states including Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia and spreading up the Eastern Seaboard along with the deer population.
Vanderbilt’s Asthma, Sinus and A...
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Fruit Fly Controlled In Orange Crops Without Using Pesticides

Orange crop infestation by the Mexican Fruit Fly and the cancelation of exportations of frozen pulp that experience the Mexican enterprise Cítricos Ex (Citrex), motivated its research area to create an effective technique to control the plague without using pesticides, as well as to the ...
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Food Packaging Chemicals May Be Harmful To Human Health

The synthetic chemicals used in the packaging, storage, and processing of foodstuffs might be harmful to human health over the long term, warn environmental scientists in a commentary in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
This is because most of these substances are not inert...
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Dining Preferences of Residents in Long-Term Care Facilities Changing Significantly

A new generation of residents in long-term care facilities is changing the way such facilities approach food-service and dining options, according to new research sponsored by the Nutrition & Foodservice Education Foundation (NFEF).
The research, conducted by Technomic, a national...
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