Nutrition and health are vulnerable to inflation's effects due to the rising cost of food

Considerable thought should be given to the impact that growing grocery costs have on consumer spending habits, household budgets, health outcomes, and the cost of healthcare overall. Statistics Canada has released its most recent report on the price fluctuations of commonly purchased commodities...

Approximately 947 billion litres of ethanol are used for fuel and other purposes

In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution Sadie Niranjan Jyoti stated that the country's current ethanol production capacity for Ethanol blending with gasoline and other applications is approximately 947crore lit...

Protein content of some plant-based foods and their role in a healthy diet

It goes without saying that proteins are crucial for the development and maintenance of the cells that make up our skin, hair, nails, cartilage, and muscles. Protein-rich diets are also becoming increasingly popular as a means of maintaining physical fitness among the general public. Hypertension...

Farmers are urging immigration reform in order to address labour shortages and rising food costs

As rising production costs continue to roil the agriculture sector, farmers from across the country are uniting in support of sweeping immigration reform, which they claim may ease labour shortages and reduce food prices.

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which has already been appr...

Changes in labelling and packaging can help consumers avoid toxins that are hidden in common products

According to a recent study that was published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, pregnant women who were exposed to numerous phthalates (pronounce thal-ates) have a higher chance of giving birth prematurely.

Phthalates can also be found in food packaging, detergents, furniture, flooring, ...

AMA Needs Fresh Focus

By no stretch of the imagination is the Australian Medical Association the first organisation that springs to mind when we think of labour unions; rather, we think of the United Food and Commercial Workers. This organisation, which has been around since 1962 and originated from what were then sta...

UAE & Korea Discuss Food, Health & IT

During a presentation that was given, the most recent developments that took place at the "UAE-Korea Investment Business Forum" were dissected in great depth. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, the Minister of State for Foreign Trade, recently met with Dukguen Ahn, the Minister of Trade for So...

Singapore Is Foodpanda's Internet Base

In addition, the company that provides delivery services has recently established the PowerUp! Tech Academy with the objectives of assisting its merchants in the process of digitally transforming their businesses, increasing the pool of accessible technical talent, and improving the capabilities ...

This can assist in removing chemicals from food packaging

There has been a lot of action in recent months to improve food packaging safety. Regarding the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in their packaging, Burger King and McDonald's were the targets of lawsuits. Additionally, governments all around the United States and nations in the Eur...

Worsen Food Crisis or Develop Fertilizer plants. EU Conflicted

The war in Ukraine has resulted in difficulty for the EU in aiding poorer nations against a rising food crisis and in dealing with a shortage of chemical fertilizers. The driving cause of the food crisis is a fall in Ukraine’s grain export and an increase in prices of chemical fertilizers d...

Taking on challenges that go beyond the Ukraine conflict

Thailand's major trading partners, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey, are among the top ten greatest wheat importers from Ukraine, according to the World Food Programme. As a result, import-dependent countries require alternate sources, but this entails increased logistics co...

The European Union and the United States have joined together to assure food security and fertilizer access

The conflict in Ukraine has restricted the worldwide supply of key commodities and fertilizers, driving up commodity costs.

During a harvest near Princeton, Illinois, corn is loaded into a grain cart.

The new partnership between the US and the EU will be part of the Trade and ...

Experts claim that your food contains thousands of unregulated chemicals

What if we told you that many of your favourite packaged foods, such as cupcakes, chips, cookies, frozen pizza, pies, candy bars, and so on, include chemicals created in a lab to make them look and taste better while also extending their shelf life? Is that something you could live with? Maybe.

Toys and canned food with hazardous substances were discovered at US cheap retailers

According to a survey issued today, an alarming amount of items purchased in US dollar stores, including many children's toys, contain dangerous chemicals.

Researchers examined 226 goods purchased from five major shops for chemicals like phthalates and lead and discovered that 120, ...

Australia is contemplating a processing aid application from a US corporation

Australian regulators are seeking feedback on whether a processing aid developed by a US business should be used to decrease germs in raw chicken.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has requested comments on Safe Foods' (US) proposal to allow the use of cetylpyridinium chl...

Fuel and food costs are expected to rise as the Russian invasion harms Australia's economy

Economists have cautioned that the global shock caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine might have unintended effects on Australia's economy.

The EU is rushing to reduce its reliance on Russian gas and oil by as much as 80% this year, which is only one of the reasons driving crud...

Global FoodTech Market is Anticipated to Grow at a CAGR of 8.91% over the Forecast Period (2021 To 2029)

The demand for food-tech from the foodservice industry is expected to increase tremendously in the forthcoming years. The increasing expenditure of foodservice owners on adopting advanced technologies to attract a new consumer base, increase their market footprint, and reduce their serving time i...

European scientists suggest a limitation in use of BPA, a hormone disruptor present in plastics and food

The proposed restriction is "a headstone for BPA in Europe," says Laura Vandenberg, an endocrinologist at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who deems it "a significant thing." Environmental and public health activists applaud the idea, which will be open for public com...

An Emirati Transforms a Barren Land into an Oasis for Food

The food farm of a UAE resident, Ahmed Salim Al Shamsi has boosted food security during the pandemic.

The young Emirati gentleman is very proud of his achievements at the farm and has every reason to be so. He successfully transformed his family's modest farm in Sharjah into an amaz...

Australian Food Supply is Safe from PFAS

The Food Standards Australia and New Zealand have verified that the Australian food supply is safe from firefighting foam contamination that was used to tackle the bushfires in the country. 

The Australian Total Diet Study releases a publication after every two to three years, and ...