Pork is off the menu for Chinese athletes. Clenbuterol, a banned performance enhancing drug, has been found in pork reared especially for the Chinese athletes. That was the message posted on the microblog of Huang Wenyi, a Chinese athlete training for the 2012 London Olympics.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have given their recommendation for daily protein requirement levels. Infants, children and adolescents: 0.66g/kg body weight per day. Adults (including elderly): 0.83g/kg body weight per day. Pregnant women: an additional 1, 9 and 28 g/day in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd trimesters respectively. Breastfeeding…
Taking decaffeinated green coffee supplements could reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, which can lead to Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases. That is the message from a paper published this week by a research team led by Prof. Pasinetti from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY.
Green roofing has many benefits: beautifying urban areas, reducing heating and cooling bills of offices etc., but what about using these new green areas to produce fresh vegetables and herbs? That is the brain child of Volkmar Keuter and his group from the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental Safety and Energy…
The USDA have released the first quarter results of their crack down on retailers exchanging Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for cash. More than 350 stores have been permanently excluded from the scheme and over 225 have had been fined or have been temporarily disqualified. However, the USDA state…
The audit evaluated whether the official controls system for poultry meat products destined for export to the EU can provide equivalent public health guarantees to those required by EU legislation. The report concludes that there at least is a control system in place covering the production chain of poultry meat…
The objectives of the audit were to evaluate the system of official plant health controls and the certification of citrus fruit for export to the European Union (EU). This may be of special interest after health hazard claims against oranges from Brazil by the USDA. The system in place for…
The EFSA Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO Panel) and the EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW Panel) were asked by the European commission to report on food or feed consisting of or produced from genetically modified animals and on the welfare and health of these animals. In…
The Food Standards Agency has been notified by the Health Protection Agency about an outbreak of Salmonella Newport that has infected 30 people in the UK. Watermelon has been identified as a possible vector but it is too early to say with confidence. One person who was infected has died…
Risk Managers in the food industry have a good chance to give their opinion regarding improvements on risk assessment: On 27 February 2012, the three non-food scientific committees advising the European Commission will organise a hearing on the pre-consultation opinion concerning improvement of risk assessment in line with the needs…
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