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Low-welfare eggs from caged hens imported to UK in ‘staggering’ numbers
Brexit Failed
The president of the National Farmers’ Union, said she was “staggered” by the import figures for the first eight months of 2023.
The total number of consignments imported since 2021:
- 422 in 2021
- 2,120 in 2022
- 2,536 in the just first eight months of 2023
“When the medical advice is to eat British Lion eggs [stamped to show they have been produced in accordance with a code of practice], why on earth would they be importing eggs produced to standards that would be illegal in the UK?” she asked.
- “It raises serious questions as to whether the government is checking food imports given the ongoing delays in the border target operating model.”
Gary Ford, the deputy chief executive of the British Egg Industry Council, echoed her concerns, saying it was “very disappointing” to see imports growing, “particularly at a time when British producers have been struggling due to poor returns”.
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Pretty good article here, especially the last part about thousands of chemicals used in our foods that were "approved" but not by the FDA. And about the FDA's policy of never repeating a review. Many chemicals that were approved by the FDA were approved 50 years ago. Despite new evidence of problems, they won't review anything they've previously reviewed.
California Senate Committee on Health approves first-in-the-nation food chemical bill.
The five chemicals to be banned have been linked to many health risks including cancer, nervous system damage and hyperactivity.
#food #health #safety #chemicals #FoodSafety #toxic #ToxicChemicals #medical #FDA #california #europe
Simple, ancient technology is helping to fight land erosion and regenerate the agricultural lands!
Half moons, dug into the dried out soil, creating a small pockets of soft soil for the rainwater to be trapped and slowly penetrate the soil, helping the land to turn fertile, prevent floods, stop land erosion and green up the desert.
This is a revolutionary idea that is helping millions of people living in food insecure regions of the world to find ways to grow food in places where it was deemed infertile before.
#Agriculture #Engineering #Farmingv#regenerativeAgriculture #Draught #Floods #FoodSafety #Africa #Farming #Video #TikTol
#LizTruss has refused to enshrine #AnimalWelfare in #TradeDeals, says minister | Animal welfare | The Guardian
Not just #welfare but also #FoodSafety and qulaity would be put at risk.
Smartphone LiDAR can test blood, milk, but will likely need more powerful LiDAR
Could the light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors in your future smartphone take the place of laboratory equipment in health and food safety applications? It’s looking like a possibility.
Researchers at the University of Washington reckon handset LiDAR can determine fluid properties, sparing you from having to use expensive lab gear. The amount of liquid needed for a smartphone LiDAR test is significantly less than that for a medical lab, too, they said.
One application of LiDAR would be testing blood for coagulation. The researchers also found their method was able to determine the fat properties of milk and whether the liquid had been adulterated, and to identify a particular liquid from among ten samples.
The discovery, we’re told, let the researchers distinguish between coagulated and uncoagulated blood with only a single finger-lancet-sized drop, differentiate between different types of milk and whether the milk had been adulterated, and distinguish between 10 classes of liquid with 91.5 percent average accuracy.
See https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/18/smartphone_lidar_medical/
#technology #health #lidar #foodsafety
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