Tackling food safety issues involves wide-ranging international cooperation in order to reduce health risks along the food chain says the WHO's Jørgen Schlundt.
The food industry may be at risk of suffering the same fate as the pharmaceutical industry when it comes to the effect that regulation can have on innovation, says Ivan Baines.
Any new technologies are bound to cause a certain amount of apprehension, but none so much as those used in food applications, according to a recent report.
From the medicine cabinet to the kitchen cupboard. NGF’s Stacey Sheppard talks to Professor Jeya Henry about the benefits of functional foods, their potential for the future and the challenges they must overcome.