A think tank has produced a series of recommendations to improve food security in the United Kingdom.
Policy Exchange called on the Government to develop a National Food Security Strategy that covers the food ecosystem, including manufacturing, logistics, and retail. The charity said previous food security initiatives had focused too narrowly
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Researchers have evaluated a range of studies focussed on Salmonella in insects to gather data for assessing the safety of insect-based foods.
The systematic review looked at 36 studies investigating Salmonella in insects.
“Data on the persistence of Salmonella can be useful for further analysis by risk assessors and decision-makers involved in the safety
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Singapore has relocated its national reference laboratory for food science and held a roundtable on novel food regulations.
The National Centre for Food Science (NCFS) is the scientific arm of the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and the new site was officially opened at the end of October.
The national reference
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There’s not going to be any lab -grown meat in Europe until the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says so.
But according to Wolfgang Gelbmann, a senior scientific officer at EFSA in the novel foods area, Europe has not received any applications for review of cell-culture-derived food.
Speaking recently
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