CONFECTIONARY CONSUMER CONCERNS POSED BY NEW FOOD TECHNOLOGIES ASSESSED AT EFSA CONFERENCE
November 1st, 2007
BY DAVID HAWORTH, in Brussels
CONFECTIONARY consumers will need to note a clear perceived benefit from nanotechnology when applied to their products if there is not to be a re-run of debate similar to that surrounding the introduction of GMOs: that was the message from scientists and other food experts speaking at an EU seminar last week entitled "From Safe Food to Healthy Diets."
The event was sponsored by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to mark a stocktaking of the body's first five years.
Donald Bruce of Edinethics Ltd, UK, told the ...
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