All is not well in Lower Saxony, Germany. US energy group ExxonMobil carried out a fracking test back in 2011 and now locals are convinced that the company has earmarked the area for the first fracking site in Germany.
Just because the same equipment was used for mincing one type of meat and then another, for example, beef and then lamb, does not mean there should be any detectable beef in the lamb.
A story from the archives for you inspired by its recent re-appearance on the IFL science Facebook page…back in October 2012 French bee keepers were shocked to find honey of a range of unpalatable (and unsellable) colours including blue and green appearing in their beehives.
As of May 1st, the European Union has introduced a temporary ban on import of mango, aubergine, the taro plant, bitter gourd and snake gourd from India.
News this week from the Food Standards Agency, UK, that further tests are being ordered on takeaways across the UK after widespread lamb substitution for cheaper meats such as beef and chicken were uncovered.
A dire warning from UK food inspectors that unfit meat may enter the food chain if changes to abattoir inspections proposed by Brussels go through.
A continuation of the meat mislabelling situation in the UK. Following the horse meat scandal and finding pork DNA in lamb burgers labelled as halal, Leicester City Council’s Food Safety Team have been testing food in their local area and the results are in.
Despite the horse meat scandal and the increase in food testing that consumers assumed would be taking place it would appear food fraud in the UK is still rife.
Interesting news from the January edition of the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Research Briefs, giving french fries a dose of infra red before frying reduces the amount of oil the fries absorb by one third.
Yes, believe it or not, some German craft brewers have started to experiment with fruity flavours in their beers. But before I have you all up in arms about the Reinheitsgebot (Purity law), they are adding nothing more to the beer than the normal water, malt, hops and yeast.