After listening to BBC documentary podcasts for 2 years I finally decided to check their website to see what other pearls of wisdom they offer and I came across the Food Program from Radio 4. I found a back catalogue of extremely interesting and thought provoking episodes that I will…
Vitamin E can help prevent cancer, but are you taking the right one? That’s the worrying message published by researchers from the State University of New Jersey and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey in the journal Cancer Prevention Research.
This year strawberry growers in the UK are expecting yields of 56,000 tonnes, up 10% from last year. This is due to the mild and warm spring weather, also apparently resulting in sweeter and juicer fruit.
The EFSA just published a video in the “Understanding Science” video series to teach you in the use of pesticides in food production. It is worth watching and can be found here.
The EFSA just published a video in the “Understanding Science” video series to teach you in chemical contaminants in food. It is worth watching and can be found here.
Today, HEIDI – an internet based wiki that presents reliable and comparable data about health in the EU – has been launched by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health & Consumers. Although HEIDI has been set up by the Commission, the content is written by European health experts – who…
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB in Stuttgart and the University of West Hungary in Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary have joined forces with various organic agriculture associations to produce a pellet that acts as a deterrent to cabbage flies and fertilises plants at the same time.
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.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have published the second joint EU report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic bacteria affecting humans, animals and food. The report makes an important contribution to current work being carried out at EU-level to fight…
Dr. Bernhard Url has been appointed as new Director of Risk Assessment and Scientific Assistance (RASA) at EFSA. He will oversee the RASA Directorate which carries out risk assessments and monitoring on general health and safety priorities in areas such as biological hazards, chemical contaminants, animal health and welfare and…
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