FOOD SAFETY

Ban on smoke flavours affects food industry

The European Commission has decided to ban the use of smoke flavours in food products. This decision was approved by the member states on April 24. The ban extends the approval of eight smoke flavours which, after a tran..

IJsbrand Velzeboer: Lies on my plate

07 March 2022

Food technologist IJsbrand Velzeboer (69) is fed up with the abuses and deception in the food sector. In his new book 'Lies on my plate', he takes a critical look at the entire sector: producer, retailer, legislator and ...

New standard for counting yeasts and moulds

04 March 2022

Several international standards exist for the counting of yeasts and moulds in food and feed. Laboratories have to obtain the necessary information from several sources. Therefore, it has been decided to revise these sta...

Adults still consume too much salt

28 February 2022

In 2020/2021, men and women aged 31 to 50 in the northern part of the Netherlands had a salt intake that was about 13 percent lower than in 2006/2007. Despite the reduction, this is still too much. This is evident from r...

New criteria for salt, sugar and saturated fat in food

28 February 2022

In 2022, the National Approach to Product Improvement (NAPV) will start. The objective is to accelerate improvements in the composition of processed foods. It concerns products to which salt or sugar has been added or in...

Albert Heijn focuses on circular packaging

16 February 2022

Albert Heijn starts with the recycling of plastic fruit trays: by using PET from household waste for new plastic trays, the plastic gets a second life. The first containers that are reused in this way will be in the shop...

Risk assessments for microplastic within reach

11 February 2022

Researchers of Wageningen University & Research now provide the first mathematical framework to assess the risks of microplastic particles. So far, studies comparing the exposure and effects of microplastic particles...

Invisible hazards of the food industry

07 February 2022

Invisible hazards are not on the radar of the food industry, Ernest Conradi points out. In the light of the increasing number of renovations, he warns against the use of unsuitable materials. Actually it is not rocket...

Microbiological reduction in entire production area?

04 February 2022

Simpeldesinfecteren knows it can be done for sure. Your production area is not an operating room, it does not have to be sterile. The Nocotech disinfection system works so well that it reduces all micro-organisms to a ve...

Plantcarb introduces starch with superpowers

31 January 2022

One in ten adults lives with diabetes and the number is rising fast. With diabetes being the world’s fastest growing chronic condition, we need to lower our sugar consumption. Jan Mousing, CEO of the agbiotech company Pl...

X-rays will make plant diets of the future more tasty

27 January 2022

X-rays can be used to examine the tiniest parts of food and provide us with fresh knowledge about what makes yogurt feel soft and what it takes for chocolate to have just the right snap. According to researchers at the U...

Nutri-Score to be introduced in the first half of 2022

19 January 2022

Dutch food producers are expected to be allowed to use Nutri-Score as a logo in the first half of 2022. The logo will then also be suitable for online use. For example, in webshops offering food products, according to th...

Doubts about the effect of a lower VAT rate on fruit and vegetables

19 January 2022

In theory, it is true. Lower the price of fruit and vegetables and consumers will buy more of these products and consume more. This is sorely needed, as the average Dutch person is far from achieving the target of 250 gr...

WHO warns: plant-based often unhealthy

18 January 2022

Whether for health reasons or concerns about the environment, eating less or no meat is becoming more popular around the globe. But as a new WHO/Europe factsheet points out, some plant-based meat and dairy substitutes ma...

Top sectors work on Roadmap Food, Health and Living Environment

18 January 2022

In order to strengthen the health and vitality of the Dutch population, a lot of work needs to be done on strengthening and accelerating prevention. But the question is: how do you bring together the fields of 'food' and...

Number of residues on fruit and vegetables increases

16 December 2021

The Pesticide Action Network Netherlands (PAN NL) observes that Dutch fruit and vegetables contain more and more pesticides. This is evident from an analysis of NVWA measurement data on pesticide residues of the past 7 y...