A California cow has tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or “mad cow disease”. But before you start refusing all American beef products take note, that brings the total of cows testing positive to 4 and it is the first case since 2006.
• Food Safety Recall (France): Société Favois recalls Carrefour Agir Solidaire Préparation de Fraises Goyaves Equitable Bio (265g glass jar; UPC 3 560 070 498 178; Best before 06/06/2013), because the product may contain glass fragments. • Food Safety Notification (EU #2012.0504): Unsuitable organoleptic characteristics and dead insects in roasted…
Europe • Allergy Alert (UK): TWI Foods recalls TWI brand Pistachio Cookies (200g and 400g), Almond Cookies (200g and 400g), Coconut Cookies (200g and 400g), and Almond Cake Rusk (750g), due to the presence of undeclared milk. • Food Safety Recall (Denmark): DK Trading ApS recalls Fresh Chicken Breast Fillets…
Multi-vitamin fruit juices are the 3rd favourite type of juice in Germany with a market share of 9%. Some people drink it for the health benefits, some for the taste of exotic fruit but a damning report from Stiftung Warentest says neither group are getting what they think they are…
Zapping tomatoes with pulsed electric fields increases concentrations of bioactive compounds (total polyphenols, lycopene, and vitamin C content). That is the message in the paper published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry by researchers from the University of Barcelona, Instituto de Salud Carlos III and the University of…
Coca-cola and Pepsi have modified their recipes to avoid having to display a warning that a chemical in the drink could cause cancer. 4-MI, the chemical in question, present in caramel colourings E150c and E150d, has been shown to cause cancer in rats, albeit with very high doses (equivalent to…
Grapefruit juice and fresh grapefruit are healthy as they have vitamin C and potassium. But they can interfere with the action of some prescription drugs, as well as a few non-prescription drugs. This interaction can be dangerous, says Shiew Mei Huang, acting director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Office…
Last year, 134 people were arrested in east China’s Shandong province for producing or selling waste food oil as cooking oil. Known as Gutter oil, the name is well deserved as some of the oil is acquired by dredging the drains behind restaurants. China’s food safety authority started a crack…
Baby led weaning leads to a lower BMI and healthier food preferences compared to spoon fed babies. That is the finding of a paper by Dr. Townsend and Prof. Pitchford of the University of Nottingham published in the BMJ Open journal.
9 out of 10 Americans are still consuming too much salt. That is the message from this month’s CDC Vital Signs report. The recommended daily allowance of sodium is 2,300mg but the average American consumes 3,300mg per day.
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