John Dalli, the European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, addressed Member States’ representatives (the High Level Group on Nutrition and Physical Activity) and stakeholders (the EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health). He commended the achievements of governments and Platform members in addressing unhealthy diets and…
Levels of Bisphenol A (BPA) a common compound used in lining of tin cans and in bottles, were found to be almost 19 times higher in individuals who ate tinned soup compared to freshly prepared soup.
When dieting, it’s one thing to know you should probably stop eating, but quite another to feel that you have eaten enough.
Researchers based in Italy and the US have found that drinking a wild blueberry juice every morning for 6 weeks increases the number of Bifidobacteria (some of which are probiotic) in the gut.
The harmonising legislation on food contact materials at EU level aims to protect consumers’ health and to remove technical barriers to trade.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has evaluated the public health risk of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC)[1] and other pathogenic bacteria that may contaminate seeds intended for sprouting and sprouted seeds (sprouts, shoots and cress). Recognising that sprouted seeds are generally consumed raw or minimally processed, the Panel on…
Colon cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide. In 2008, 1.24 million cases were diagnosed and 610,000 fatalities occurred. A new publication in BMJ brought together the results from 25 studies looking at effect of eating fibre from different sources, i.e. fruit, vegetable, legume and cereal on the incidence…
Eating a diet consisting of unprocessed foods such as fruit, vegetables, nuts, oils, fish, poultry and lean meat was able to decrease cholesterol in two weeks by a level that takes 6 months with statins.
A €2.4 million EU-funded project has begun with the aim of reducing microbes from the surface of packaged fresh food that can cause spoilage.
Researchers at Fraunhofer, Europe’s largest application-oriented research organization, have developed a test that can detect pesticide build up in farmed fish. As demand for fish has grown, the fish meal used as fed has been replaced with soya, maize and rape which can contain pesticides.
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