by Christelle Boudry | Dec 13, 2018 | News
Not only will there be greater transparency, quality and independence of the studies, but the governance and scientific performance of EFSA, the European food safety authority, will also be improved so that it can better service the European institutions and the EU as...
by Christelle Boudry | Dec 7, 2018 | News
A team of scientists from the University of Bern (Switzerland) and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and their partners have characterized multiple functions of benzoxazinoids in wheat: The toxic form of the substances makes the plant directly resistant to...
by Christelle Boudry | Dec 4, 2018 | News
Look beyond vegetal or conventional protein sources On 22 November, the European Commission adopted a report on the ‘Development of Plant Proteins in the European Union’. Intended to explore possible avenues in response to the Protein Deficit in Europe, this document...
by Christelle Boudry | Oct 3, 2018 | News
Progress made by European countries in meeting their 2025 cage-free egg commitments have been documented for the first time in an Egg Track report. Animal welfare charity Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) says the new report is to “celebrate the companies that have...
by Christelle Boudry | Oct 1, 2018 | News
The approval of using insect protein for poultry feed can be expected in the not so distant future. This is according to Tarique Arsiwalla, chief commercial officer at insect producer Protix in the Netherlands and board member of the International Platform of Insects...
by Christelle Boudry | Sep 3, 2018 | News
Animal welfare organisations received a boost to their “End the Cage Age” campaign after the European Commission agreed to formally register its initiative. The decision by the EC’s College of Commissioners concerns only the legal admissibility of the proposal and the...
