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2013/06/20 12:19
2013/06/20 12:19
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UK provisionally backs chia seed oil for use in food supplements and fats and oils Chia oil can safely enter EU markets for the first time as long as potential allergenic effects are labeled, the UK...
2013/06/20 12:19
2013/06/20 12:19
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2013/06/20 00:40
2013/06/20 00:40
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... Department of Agriculture (DA) was either lying or uninformed when it assured consumers that U.S. GMO rice has the seal of approval of international food safety agencies.” Posted by...
2013/06/19 11:29
2013/06/19 11:29
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The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) has been through a roller coaster ride of late, buffeted by political crises, economic slowdowns and government involvement. But a new deal intended to open the market to...
2013/06/19 06:05
2013/06/19 06:05
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AndrásBaneth is director of the Arboreus European Training Academy. 24 May 2013 was a sad day for pesticide makers in Europe and a great victory for environmental NGOs. It was on that day that the...
2013/06/18 12:39
2013/06/18 12:39
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Many people in Europe are critical of genetically modified (GM) food, due to safety concerns. A Eurobarometer survey, published in 2010, revealed that the European public tends to be worried on a...
2013/06/18 12:18
2013/06/18 12:18
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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has recommended further safety tests for six food dyes – including five of the so-called Southampton Six colours – although it says currently there is no...
2013/06/14 13:20
2013/06/14 13:20
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Two ingredients – fructose and alpha-cyclodextrin – can now carry claims that they lead to a lower blood glucose rise, as the European Union adopts its latest batch of article 13 health...
2013/06/13 12:18
2013/06/13 12:18
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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has extended the deadline for applications to two expert scientific panels to July 1. The food safety body said it was looking for scientific experts with...
2013/06/13 08:53
2013/06/13 08:53
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Ragnar Löfstedt is a professor of risk management and the director of the King’s College Centre for Risk Management in London. He spoke to EurActiv’s Timothy Spence ahead of the European Risk Summit,...
2013/06/12 07:05
2013/06/12 07:05
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The Parliament report, adopted yesterday, recommended better protection for vulnerable consumers, such as infants, young children and seriously ill people and distinguishes more clearly between foods...
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2013/06/10 07:05
2013/06/10 07:05
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The European Commission will test US wheat imports for a strain of herbicide-resistant wheat developed by Monsanto, a global leader in agricultural biotechnology, but never approved by food regulators...
2013/06/07 20:42
2013/06/07 20:42
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They are not very well known, but mycotoxins top the list of the most widespread natural contaminants in foodstuffs at the global level. They are toxic and carcinogenic substances produced by fungi,...
2013/06/07 17:15
2013/06/07 17:15
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Everyone loves vitamins. Derived from the Latin word vita, meaning "life", vitamins are necessary for the conversion of food into energy. Millions of people believe that taking daily vitamins makes...
2013/06/07 02:46
2013/06/07 02:46
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Loading Slideshow A picture taken on October 9, 2008 shows an ultralight helicopter hovering above a field where Greenpeace activists and Austrian organic farming association BIO AUSTRIA wrote the...
2013/06/06 13:18
2013/06/06 13:18
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A focus on saving declining bee populations in order to avoid food shortages may be short-sighted since the size of a bee population is ‘merely one factor’ in the production of many crops, warn...
2013/06/05 18:39
2013/06/05 18:39
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Europe proposed banning the use of three pesticides after authoritative research from its safety authority concluded in January that they posed an unacceptable risk to bees, although a conclusive link...
2013/06/05 16:03
2013/06/05 16:03
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Will genetically engineered maize SmartStax be authorised?03 June 2013by testbiotech -- last modified 03 June 2013 Monsanto's genetically engineered maize produces six different insecticides On 10...
2013/06/05 14:18
2013/06/05 14:18
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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said that weaknesses in a recent study published by UK authorities mean it will not affect conclusions on the links between pesticides and bee...
2013/06/04 01:05
2013/06/04 01:05
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In my travels around the world I have noted how attitudes toward women are a pretty accurate weather vane indicating what is happening in the wider politics of a country. In visits to Turkey in the...
2013/06/03 16:27
2013/06/03 16:27
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CAIRO--(Marketwired - Jun 3, 2013) - Amsterdam, the Netherlands / 3 June, 2013 4:45 PM OCI N.V. Submits Updated Formal Tender Offer Documentation to the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority for...
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