In this week's news, food policy, food insecurity and sugar content in soda.
Dimbleby resigns and takes aim at Government’s food policy
The man behind the much-anticipated?National Food Strategy?(or Dimbleby Report) announced his resignation from a role described by some as “food tsar” in?The Sunday Times.?In a newfound sense of freedom, Dimbleby went on to deliver some excoriating analysis of the UK Government's current policy regarding action (or indeed inaction) to fight the obesity epidemic. Read more.
Scientists create tool that can predict food insecurity
Researchers have created a?tool?they claim can be used to forecast the prevalence of individuals within a country that may have insufficient access to food. Elisa Omodei, an author of the study and Assistant Professor at the Department of Network and Data Science at the Central European University, said that the tool can predict food insecurity up to 30 days in advance and could aid decision makers in countries at risk of food insecurity by helping to facilitate more timely responses. Read more.
Can soda sugar content be reduced without impacting sales?
Researchers from the University of North Carolina and University of Amsterdam have carried out a?study?on how sugar reduction strategies affect new product sales. Results claimed that reducing sugar in consumer-packaged goods by 8 –10 percent could lead to nationwide savings of more than $110 billion in health care costs. Read more.
Cultivated meat: how close is it to US plates?
Bryant Godfrey from law firm Foley Hoag reflects on the progress of cultivated meat production and what challenges remain on the US regulatory landscape. One day, you might be able to bite into a hamburger from an animal that has never grazed in a pasture or munched on a salmon roll from a fish that has never swum in any waters. Yet despite the rapid progression of the technology, regulators and policymakers still have work to do to ensure that cultivated meat is safe so that consumers can have confidence in these products. Read more.
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Emergency Episode: Change at the FDA…Part Two
The?New Food?editorial team analyse the latest update from the FDA and discuss the Administration’s search for a new Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods. Joshua and Grace get AFDO Executive Director Steven Mandernach back on the pod to talk through the latest update from the FDA on its proposed reforms, plus get the inside track on who he thinks might land the star role. Steve explains why some top potential candidates have already ruled themselves out of the process to find a new Deputy Commissioner of Human Foods after Frank Yiannas resigned from the Administration last month.??Listen here.
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Rethinking food recalls in the US
Vanessa Coffman offers highlights of the panel session?New Food?hosted at its 2022 Food Safety Conference which discussed the potential pitfalls of current recall systems.
I was honoured to speak on a panel of food?recall experts last year that included Steven Mandernach, Michael?Walker and Tom ? Hollands (moderated by Katia?Merten?Lentz) at New Food’s 2022 Food Safety Conference. During the hour, we covered a lot of pitfalls in the US and UK food safety systems and a few ways technology may come to?the rescue. Read more.
LinkedIn poll results
Have your say with?#newfoodtalks?LinkedIn polls. In this week's poll, we asked "Do you think regulators are moving too slowly when it comes to cultivated meat?" We have received 120 votes from our members. Do you agree??
We share a new poll on Mondays and the results are published here first.