Obesity. Demographic shifts. Technology. Recession. All these and more will affect what fills our plates in 2011.
Tiny technology
Nanotechnology has been around for years now, but as its potential applications become of more interest to the food industry, questions inevitably arise as to its safety. NGF explores the hopes and hazards of this small-scale science.
A global perspective
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.
A healthy debate?
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.
Consumer concerns
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.
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