Horse meat in our beef, that is the current food adulteration scandal and the list of companies that have had to remove items from sale after testing is growing daily. But this is not the first time we have found people trying to profit from bulking out one food item…
…when consumed at normal levels. Research published this week ahead of print on the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism’s website has found that consuming high fructose corn syrup or sugar at levels comparable to 90% of the population did not increase the level of fat in the liver or…
Findus Lasagnes has become the latest victim in the horse meat scandal, with in house tests detected more than 60% horse meat. Reported on the website of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, it has been recommended that all Findus frozen lasagnes are redrawn from sale. Tests are underway to…
John Smith’s Extra Smooth, a popular bitter in the UK is being reduced from 3.8% to 3.6% alcohol, and the price will increase.
Worryingly yes, with a bit of piglet in there too. That was the grim news in a statement published by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) on the 15th January.
Food supplements are dietary additions intended to supplement the food we eat. The European Commission has established rules for the whole of the EU relating to supplements containing vitamins and minerals. Maximum and minimum amounts are being set for every vitamin and mineral approved for use.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and 6 EU member states have carried out independent assessments of the controversial paper by Séralinia et al. published on the 19th September 2012 in the Journal Food and Chemical Toxicology that concluded that a strain of GM maize and a pesticide could increase…
William Kisaalita, a tissue engineer from the University of Georgia, USA, and his team have developed a milk cooler that can run on bio-gas, i.e. fermented cow dung. The device can cool 20 litres and was designed to help dairy farmers in Urganda, some of whom throw their milk away…
Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is an organic compound found in low levels (approximately 15mg/kg) in honey. It is caused by the dehydration of some sugars and levels can increase dramatically following heat treatment of honey to destroy contaminants or to reverse crystallisation. Unfortunately, TMF has been shown to exhibit cytotoxic, genotoxic, mutagenic,…
An interesting video was published by the EFS in the “Understanding Science” white board video series, in which EFSA staff explain scientific concepts. It describes all about chemical contaminants in food. The video may be found here.
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