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Consortium to study contaminants in plant-based foods

By News Desk on March 8, 2023

A public-private consortium has been created to investigate the potential food safety and quality issues posed by microbial contaminants in plant-based food products.

Partners in the project will look at microbes that are common in…

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Five sick in French Listeria outbreak linked to cheese alternative

By Joe Whitworth on January 21, 2023

A plant-based cheese brand has been linked to five serious Listeria infections in France.

The five cases of listeriosis include four pregnant women who gave birth prematurely. They were infected with the same type of…

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Plant-based meat, dairy and eggs: A game changer or a flash in the pan?

By Cookson Beecher on March 31, 2022

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You’ve probably heard a lot about the new plant-based foods — meatless beef and poultry and dairy-free milk, for example, but most people don’t know much, if anything, about them. In fact,…
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Federal judge strikes down Louisiana labeling law for plant-based meat

By Dan Flynn on March 31, 2022

The “Truth in Labeling of Food Products Act” passed by the Louisiana Legislature in 2019 violates the commercial free speech rights of Turtle Island Foods, which produces and packages plant-based meat products marketed and sold…
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Experts present on the food safety concerns of plant-based ‘meats’ at IAFP

By Jonan Pilet on July 21, 2021

PHOENIX — If there was one thing to take away from Tuesday’s session on the food safety concerns of plant-based ‘meat,” it’s that it’s not meat and can’t be approached in exactly the same way.…
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Can plant-based food give you food poisoning? The short answer is yes 

By Guest Contributor on May 23, 2021
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By Katharine Hopkins

The same care needs to be taken when preparing plant-based food as any other food. Plants are classed as a lower risk than meat and other animal products, but that doesn’t…
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Survey shows public more aware of food safety since pandemic began

By News Desk on April 19, 2021

There has been a shift in consumer confidence around food safety and hygiene because of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom, according to a survey.

Findings show increased consciousness of food safety and hygiene when eating…
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‘Flexitarians’ drive meat-vegetable hybrids toward more marketshare

By Cookson Beecher on December 7, 2020
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Have you ever eaten a dinosaur before?

Turns out that a lot of kids, and adults, have thanks to Perdue Farm’s “Chicken Plus” nuggets that are shaped like dinosaurs. But more notable than their…
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Beyond Meat introduces ‘Beyond Pork’ for Chinese market

By News Desk on November 20, 2020

Los Angeles-based Beyond Meat’s expansion to the People’s Republic of China announced in early September, is already taking shape with a new product roll-out for the Chinese market.

From Shanghai, Beyond Meat officials said their…
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Red kidney beans linked to poisoning cases in Denmark

By Joe Whitworth on July 8, 2020

A type of lectin in red kidney beans was behind an outbreak in Denmark earlier this year.

Poisoning left 45 people sick, including 24 on one day, in late April. It was limited to a…
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