A fascinating article in the New York Times ten days ago, pointed out to me by John Scott. Andrew Pollack investigates a rapidly growing industry turning excess breast milk into a high protein product to be fed to extremely premature babies, with the possibility of its uses …
Big Business
Traceability and ‘cumin-gate’
Issues of traceability loomed large a couple of weeks ago at the judging for the FreeFrom Food Awards. Whatever about manufacturing in a dedicated nut/dairy/gluten-free factory, does a 'freefrom' manufacture also need to know (and declare) the contamination risks that might …
3D-printed allergen-free food?
A few weeks ago John Scott sent me a link to an article on Your is.com – 3D printing to the rescue of gastronomy for frail seniors, wondering whether this could also have some interesting implications for allergy catering. Like many of you, I suspect, I have heard of 3D …
Welcome to the Food Systems Academy
It is very easy for any of us to get stuck in our own little area of interest - no matter how important a one it may be. I am glad to say that I am regularly dragged out of mine by my good friend Geoff Tansey who, as long as I have known him, has worked in the much wider world of …
Another three cheers for Brussels
I fear I am in danger of becoming a Brussels groupie here... Raving on about EFA last week and now throwing bouquets at the commission for their work on EU FIC, the new EU Food Information for Consumers including the allergen labelling changes that are causing such an upheaval in …