Six infants died, 860 were hospitalised and approx 300,000 were affected by the melamine milk scandal in China in 2008.
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Horse meat in our beef, that is the current food adulteration scandal and the list of companies that have had to remove items from sale after testing is growing daily. But this is not the first time we have found people trying to profit from bulking out one food item…
…when consumed at normal levels. Research published this week ahead of print on the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism’s website has found that consuming high fructose corn syrup or sugar at levels comparable to 90% of the population did not increase the level of fat in the liver or…
Findus Lasagnes has become the latest victim in the horse meat scandal, with in house tests detected more than 60% horse meat. Reported on the website of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, it has been recommended that all Findus frozen lasagnes are redrawn from sale. Tests are underway to…
John Smith’s Extra Smooth, a popular bitter in the UK is being reduced from 3.8% to 3.6% alcohol, and the price will increase.
Olive oil lovers stock up now. Spanish farmers have reported that the olive crop of 2012 could be down by as much as 80%.
That was the conclusion of a paper published in the Annals of Neurology. The researchers brought together data from multiple studies looking at onset of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or motor neuron disease and compared this to Vitamin C and carotene intake.
So, we have already reported on publications claiming links between lycopene intake and reduced incidence of stroke or heart disease in older men.
For type 2 diabetes (T2D) this may be the case, according to a publication by researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine.
Believe it or not, the British. But before our chests start swelling with pride, thinking we are underestimated food connoisseurs, we are unfortunately talking about children, toddlers to be precise.