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America’s packaged food supply is ultra-processed

Posted on September 19, 2024
Americans are over-exposed to products that are high in calories, saturated fat, sugar and salt, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study that reports the United States packaged food supply and beverage supply in 2018 was ultra-processed and generally unhealthy. Since about 80% of Americans’ total calorie consumption comes from store-bought foods and beverages (packaged and unpackaged), the food and beverage supply plays a central role in the development of chronic disease including obesity and cardiovascular disease. The study was published July 24 in the journal Nutrients. It aims to provide new information for consumers, researchers and policymakers to encourage…

Putting food-safety detection in the hands of consumers | MIT News

Posted on September 16, 2024
MIT Media Lab researchers have developed a wireless system that leverages the cheap RFID tags already on hundreds of billions of products to sense potential food contamination — with no hardware modifications needed. With the simple, scalable system, the researchers hope to bring food-safety detection to the general public. Food safety incidents have made headlines around the globe for causing illness and death nearly every year for the past two decades. Back in 2008, for example, 50,000 babies in China were hospitalized after eating infant formula adulterated with melamine, an organic compound used to make plastics, which is toxic in…

Students use food waste to create new materials

Posted on July 27, 2024
CINCINNATI — A college student took a school project seriously when asked to design something with sustainability in mind.What You Need To KnowCaroline Bussick used a school project on sustainability as a way to learn more about making products made from entirely re-used materialsThe UC senior used food waste like coffee grounds and avocado pits to dye fabricBussick then partnered with coffee shop Mom n ‘Em to use their food scraps to design a canvas bag for the storeNow, Bussick said the project solidified that he wants to work in sustainability in some way after…

KEPHIS gets standardized food safety testing materials from EU

Posted on July 27, 2024
The European Union through the Market Access Program Kenya (MARKUP) has donated laboratory testing materials to Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Services (KEPHIS), aimed at enhancing food safety and access to premium markets locally, regionally and abroad. The Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) valued at Sh3 million were handed over by the European Union Manager for Finance and Private Sector Development in Kenya, Adolfo Cires during a brief ceremony at Kephis Headquarters in Nairobi. Cires said The CRMs would enhance compliance with the Global Good Agricultural Practice (Global GAP) system on the pesticide residue levels and meet the EU regulations. He observed…