No major areas of concern have been found during an assessment of glyphosate by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
Glyphosate is a chemical used in some herbicide products. It is currently approved for use in the EU until mid-December 2023.
EFSA did not identify any critical areas of concern
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The use of social media might be making people smarter, but sadly that does not appear to be true for all topics. There are endless examples of social media being the excuse for all sorts of dumb and dangerous experiments.
Food has often been at the center of these self-destructive
Continue Reading Social media experiment challenges those ‘use-by’ dates
A new bipartisan, bicameral bill has been reintroduced in Congress that aims to standardize and clarify food date labels to reduce food waste.
The Food Date Labeling Act, brought forth by the Bipartisan Food Recovery Caucus Co-chair Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-ME, Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-WA, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT
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The Foods Standards Agency (FSA) is looking into what support charities and groups providing food may need to ensure food safety.
The agency commissioned Ipsos UK to look at the journey food takes from suppliers to end consumers in the community food provision sector.
Figures show food banks are becoming
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A poll of adults in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland has revealed that half of them do not always check the use-by date on food before eating it.
Findings show that 44 percent view use-by dates as a useful guide and half of adults surveyed could not identify the correct
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has taken to social media to tackle potential confusion caused by a food waste campaign that encourages consumers to smell, look and taste to determine whether food is spoiled.
The FSA official account on several platforms directed people to information on how to understand the
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A way to help food businesses know when to apply the “use by” or “best before” date on products has been developed by European experts.
The “use by” date is about safety – foods can be eaten until this date but not after, even if they look and smell fine.
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An annual survey has recorded an increase in global anxiety about food safety and future food supplies. The U.S. was one of nine countries involved in the research.
The 13th edition of the Tetra Pak Index has seen a 10 percent increase in concern about food safety and future food
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Food safety is the main area of concern for consumers, according to a survey by DNV GL.
A total of 4,500 people were asked about food purchasing habits and results indicated the primary focus was on what impacts consumers directly as individuals.
Half of consumers were interested in more information
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The European Commission has set targets to reduce pesticide use and sales of antimicrobials by 2030.
The Farm to Fork strategy includes a reduction by 50 percent on the use and risk of pesticides and in sales of antimicrobials used for farmed animals and aquaculture products. Plans still need to
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