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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU)-funded CROSSENZ research project has cross-linked enzymes to boost food texture and quality, improving the "gel strength, thermal stability, viscosity, volume, and water-holding capacity" of foodstuffs, including making low fat yoghurt creamy. *http://virtual.vtt.fi/virtual/crossenz/

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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has called for careful labelling about molluscs in food after a review highlighted even the tiniest amount could spark an allergic reaction. EFSA said: "There is little information on the lowest dose of mollusc allergen that can cause a clinical reaction," adding that in one study with dried snail, "reactions were observed in the low hundred-mg range."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Union (EU)-research project is developing small-scale hydrogen generators, which could be operated by homes and businesses to refuel hydrogen-autos. The aim of the Hyvolution scheme is to create practical technology that could form part of a sustainable and widespread refuelling network, something that is essential for hydrogen fuel-cell transport to take off.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTRODUCTION

THE WORLD’S multilateral food trading system today stands at a crossroads: faced with the suspension of the World Trade Organisation’s Doha Development Round, it can either retreat to protectionism, leavened by a series of competitive bilateral trade deals, or it can grasp the nettle of liberal free trade, slash subsidies and tariffs, and then watch the economic rewards roll in.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

BRITAIN’S Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) has called for the food industry to be cautious in using food nanotechnologies – warning advances could be stillborn if consumers doubt their safety. It wants nanoparticles examined as "potentially harmful materials that require rigorous safety testing".…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

WORLD Bank lending to food production projects in developing countries rose by 40% to US$2.1 billion in July 2004 to June 2005, compared with the previous 12 months. The bank said US$247 million was spent on food research and development, US$94 million on agro-industry, US$95 million on boosting food markets and trade, and US$32 million on animal production.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

BAXTER, my adorable six-month-old West Highland Terrier, enjoys taking walks with his owner, stopping occasionally to sniff other dogs bottoms and napping in between chewing smelly socks, chasing his tail, eating questionable objects and digging dirt.

Could this fine young canine specimen one day be able to detect cancer in people?…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

PROPOSED reforms to the European Union (EU) legal system for protecting traditional geographical terms used to sell EU food – such as Roquefort cheese – have been broadly supported by the European Parliament’s influential agriculture committee. Supporting bringing EU rules in line with a World Trade Organisation ruling, MEPs agreed that traditional products made outside the EU should also be eligible for the same protection.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE FRENCHWOMAN appointed to take the vacant top executive director job at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will need all her political skills to solve a potential budget crisis facing the agency. Mrs Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, currently director for agriculture and forestry for the Ile de France region, (which includes Paris), will need her connections as a senior member of France’s powerful food establishment as the EU debates its 2007-13 budget.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has warned that a proposed freezing of spending by the European Union (EU) from 2007-13 on consumer protection, will prevent it from carrying out core work. In a strongly-worded letter to the European Parliament, EFSA’s chair Stuart Slorach and acting executive director Herman Koëter appealed for help from MEPs in expanding funding.…