Mislabelling seafood is a global problem. Consumers end up paying more for a lesser value product and the motive behind the fraud is purely economics. [ + ]

The world’s first cultured meat hamburger was recently cooked - and consumed - in London, developed by Professor Mark Post of Maastricht University and cooked by Chef Richard McGeown. [ + ]

Albany Doors supplied high-performance door solutions for new loading docks at the busy Polar Fresh distribution centre in Brisbane, which delivers more than 500,000 cartons each week. [ + ]

Installing energy-efficient Atlas Copco compressors at its pallet production and repair sites in the UK has saved CHEP more than 1000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions. [ + ]

Growth in volumes is expected to continue to be a feature of the global beer market for many, many years for the simple reason that worldwide per-capita consumption is still below 30 L. [ + ]

By blocking an enzyme’s activity that is essential to the allergic reaction to peanuts, researchers at National Jewish Health have prevented diarrhoea and inflammation, and reduced levels of several proteins associated with allergies in sensitised mice. [ + ]

When the time came to replace a vertical form-fill-seal packaging machine and a multihead weigher, wholesale cheese processor Di Rossi Foods turned to Emrich Packaging Machinery. [ + ]

Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) identifies and quantifies energy and resource use and environmental discharges through the entire product life cycle, from cradle to grave. [ + ]

An aseptic fruit processing plant in California that produces sliced strawberries in syrup used HRS Process Technology’s heat exchanger and pump solutions to guarantee zero damage to the particulate while maintaining product integrity and shape. [ + ]

Last week, www.foodprocessing.com.au published ‘GM pig study is hogwash, FSANZ says’. Three readers took umbrage with the news items and wrote to me to explain what they felt was wrong. Following are their letters. [ + ]

In the US, the Food and Drug Administration is hoping to implement rules that will make food processors exporting food to the US more accountable for food safety and will establish standards for third-party audits of foreign food producers. These proposals will strengthen the FDA’s ability to monitor those facilities and respond if there are unsafe practices. Public comment is welcomed. [ + ]

Already implicated in liver damage and cancers, it now seems that chronic aflatoxin exposure may be contributing to worsening the AIDS epidemic. [ + ]

The Goulburn Valley (GV) Food Co-operative has used local workers and local produce to manufacture their first 5000 ‘meal for four under $10’ pasta and sauce meals. [ + ]

Recent studies have found that combining some foods like tomatoes and broccoli, heating some foods to a certain temperature (or not heating others), and/or cooking them in olive oil, may enhance their antiangiogenesis abilities. These findings could impact food design, preparation and ultimately public health. [ + ]

A probiotic strain of E. coli which is used to treat irritable bowel syndrome can soothe gut bacterial infections caused by Salmonella, paving the way for potential relief from foodborne illnesses that affect millions of people annually. [ + ]