Gender bending compounds that have been shown to feminise male fish and also to lower sperm count in humans are just one example of an endocrine disrupter.
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Unfortunately that is not slang for great, it literally can make you blind. On the 15th July 2011 an explosion in an illegal distillery in Boston, UK, killed 5 men and uncovered a £1bn fake vodka scam. In the same month, another distillery located on Brewery Street, Birmingham was raided…
Six infants died, 860 were hospitalised and approx 300,000 were affected by the melamine milk scandal in China in 2008.
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…
Last year we reported on the ruling by the EU court of Justice that honey containing GM pollen would need to be authorised before it could be sold as food in the EU. This had the potential to cause big headaches for the EU as much of the honey coming…
Strong words from the UK Food Minister Owen Paterson who is in charge of food and farming. He has described opposition to genetic modification (GM) as “Humbug” and said concerns about human health are misplaced.
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.
Food allergies are estimated to affect 2% of the global population. For some, it is an uncomfortable experience, for others it can be life threatening. This week, Italian researchers have published a paper in the journal Food Analytical Methods that describes a way to enhance the determination of multiple allergens…
Some chemicals in food might have a harmful effect on our health and safety depending on our level of exposure to them. Scientists generally assume that such effects are proportional to the amount, or ‘dose’: the more you are exposed to them, the more likely the possibility of an effect….
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,…