Insubstantially equivalent? A GM food's toxicity cannot be predicted from its chemical composition. Trying to have it both ways The challenge of how to deal with the issue of risk from consuming GM foods was first confronted in 1990 at an international meeting, consisting of officials and industrialists but no consumer representatives, of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FA...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of food allergies increases, relating to diet modifications. The consumption of new foods--exotic foods or foods originally used for animal feed, new proteins, neo allergens due to the use of new technologies and soon, Genetically Modified Foods--are in the spotlight. OBJECTIVE It is essential to develop a system of food allergy vigilance encompassing the full range ...

Despite growing interest in the use of insects as food, uptake of insect-based foods in Europe is low. Existing research into Western consumer acceptance of insects as food tends to emphasise the role of individual cognition in food choice at the expense of social or contextual factors, and typically frames consumer acceptance as a general issue, rather than relevant only for relatively few ear...

One of the most pressing challenges for the next 50 years is to reduce the impact of chronic disease. Unhealthy eating is an increasing problem and underlies much of the increase in mortality from chronic diseases that is occurring worldwide. Diets rich in plant-based foods are strongly associated with reduced risks of major chronic diseases, but the constituents in plants that promote health h...

The labeling of foods containing material derived from crustaceans such as shrimp and crab is to become mandatory in Japan because of increases in the number of allergy patients. To ensure proper labeling, 2 novel sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits for the determination of crustacean protein in processed foods, the N kit (Nissui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Ibaraki, Japan) and ...

Cereal products are one of the main sources contributing to exposure acrylamide and, therefore, it is important control its occurrence reduce dietary and risk on human health. The formation will be associated levels precursors, food matrix, type extent thermal process applied. In this review, in cereal-based foods, mitigation strategies, risk/benefits evaluation, risk/benefit legislative aspect...

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