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... the research, led by sean fox of kansas state, focused on consumer attitudes toward food safety , in particular consumer attitudes on cloned animals ... “we were interested in finding out how different groups of consumers react to the possibility of consuming products that were derived from cloned animals …we were also interested in how those reactions differed between countries, particularly in the united states and europe,” said fox, a professor of agricultural economics ... “results suggest that a significant number of people do have concerns about cloning from an ethical and moral perspective ... “that will be very relevant if these products come to market and are labeled as such, because we would expect to see a significant number of people avoiding them,” he added ... study details the researchers surveyed students in agriculture, english and sociology at kansas state, and compared the attitudes of students on campus to those of agriculture students surveyed at university college dublin in ireland and ecole superieure d'agriculture in purpan, france ... the survey asked participants about their likelihood of buying and eating meat and other products from cloned animals ... fox and his team’s results showed differences in attitudes and opinions on both an international and local level, the most significant of which being that european consumers are less accepting of cloned products than americans ... the researchers reported that students both ireland and france were less likely to consume cloned products than american students ... fox said that more european students were concerned about cloning from an ethical and moral perspective, whilst american students cited food safety concerns as the main reason to avoid cloned meat s ... the strength of opposition to cloning was found to be much stronger for those who opposed animal cloning from a moral or ethical standpoint than for those who opposed it for food safety concerns, added fox

... coli scandal was a feature of this week's headlines, with signs that the outbreak has peaked, the eu agreeing on compensation for farmers and russia's ban on produce imports still in place ... elsewhere in europe, carrefour's french troubles continued, uk ice-cream maker r&r ice cream looked to expand across the channel and nestle was linked to spanish firm cacaolat ... in the retail sector, sainsbury's issued its latest sales numbers and we looked at the problems that metro group's makro arm is having in the uk ... us: fda uncovers listeria at kellogg bakery the us food and drug administration has found traces of listeria at an augusta, georgia, bakery owned and operated by us cereal giant kellogg ... eu: efsa rebuffs conflict of interest claims the european food safety authority (efsa) has rebuffed claims from a commercial transparency campaign group that its expert panels are biased towards food manufacturers ... spain: nestle could join race for nueva rumasa's cacaolat nestle has added itself to a swelling roster of potential suitors for cacaolat, the spanish chocolate shakes-to-biscuits company owned by beleaguered food group nueva rumasa ... on the money: sainsbury's plays down food's impact on inflation the chief executive of sainsbury's has played down the impact of food inflation on the uk's retail prices index, suggesting that government numbers have "overstated" their contribution ... talking shop: should makro look to booker for success? metro group replaced four of the five board members working in its makro uk cash-and-carry division last week, including managing director hannes floto ... us: own label "more popular than before downturn" private-label food is here to stay in the us, according to recent research that found that almost 45% of consumers are purchasing more own-label products than before the economic slowdown ... comment: price-cutting gathers momentum in australia the price war that has been raging between australia's two largest supermarkets, woolworths ltd and coles, looks set to continue apace

... the us food and drug administration has found traces of listeria at an augusta, georgia, bakery owned and operated by us cereal giant kellogg ... in a letter released yesterday (14 june), the food safety regulator said that listeria was detected at “several” points along a production line that comes into direct contact with food ... the fda added that other food safety issues at the plant included insects found near to food storage areas ... the plant manufactures kellogg’s keebler and famous amos branded cookies ... responding to the news, a spokesperson for kellogg told just-food that the company had undertaken a number of steps to address the issues highlighted by the safety watchdog ... “the safety of our food is of utmost importance to kellogg,” the spokesperson insisted ... we have undertaken a number of aggressive actions to address their concerns including comprehensive cleaning and extensive testing ... as a consequence of this and other manufacturing issues, kellogg experienced a national shortage of eggo products that persisted through the first half of fiscal 2010 and dented us sales during the period ... concern over this latest food safety issue caused kellogg shares to dip from an open of us$55

... kellogg co has been censured by the us food and drug administration (fda) after traces of listeria monocytogenes were found littered throughout its cookie plant in georgia ... listeria found at kellogg cookie plant in a warning letter to the food giant, federal authorities outlined a raft of “serious violations of the current good manufacturing practice regulations” following an inspection to the augusta site in february 2011 ... listeria was found at fifteen separate locations in the marvin griffin road facility, with almost half found on food contact surfaces such as conveyor mesh and belts ... tests showed the strain of pathogen discovered matched those found at the same plant more than a year previously and revealed flaws in kellogg ’s cleaning methods at the factory, said the fda “the presence of a persistent strain of l ... monocytogenes in your facility between january 2010 and february 2011 is significant in that it demonstrates that your cleaning and sanitation efforts were inadequate to remove this organism,” said john gridley fda district director in atlanta ... flies and a black substance swarms of flies were also observed around a drain, near to the flour sock of a mixer and the back panel of a mixer, said federal authorities kellogg makes a variety of keebler and famous amos cookies at the plant ... other violations included multiple pipes whose insulation were soaked with condensation and several areas where pooled waste had collected ... the pooling of water at the in-feed of one spiral cooker contained “ product debris and a black substance” ... company response the company said it had voluntarily shut down the plant after the fda visit and completed a comprehensive cleaning exercise and structural improvements to floors and the roof ... a number of other longer-term upgrades to equipment and infrastructure at the site were also underway, added kellogg

... researchers from china agricultural university report their findings in the international journal of food science & technology ... a role for taurine taurine, a derivative of the amino acid cysteine, if found naturally in foods including seafood and meat ... taurine is used in energy drinks because some report it helps boost energy – a claim that was rejected by the european food safety authority (efsa) recently ... it is known that taurine can participate in the maillard reaction that produces acrylamide, and therefore may reduce the production of acrylamide ... , and the korea food research institute reported last year that french fries exposed to a taurine solution prior to frying contained 96 per cent less acrylamide than control fries ( food research international ) ... mechanism the new study proposes that the mechanism by which this inhibitory effect occurs is via a reaction between glucose and taurine: acrylamide is produced during the maillard reaction of sugar and an amino acid called asparagines ... the maillard reaction is also responsible for the brown color and tasty flavor of baked, fried and toasted foods ... using a system comprised of asparagine and glucose, the researchers found that taurine could react with glucose and also that taurine reacted directly with any acrylamide formed ... the acrylamide story despite being a carcinogen in the laboratory, many epidemiological studies have reported that everyday exposure to acrylamide in food is too low to be of concern ... the compound first hit the headlines in 2002, when scientists at the swedish food administration first reported unexpectedly high levels of acrylamide, found to cause cancer in laboratory rats, in carbohydrate-rich foods ... more than 200 research projects have been initiated around the world and their findings co-ordinated by national governments, the eu and the united nations ... according to findings published in food and chemical toxicology , (doi: 10

... china has become the latest country to ban the use of bisphenol a (bpa) in baby bottles, while government officials signalled increasing use of the death penalty to crack down on food safety violators ... beijing also urged local food inspectors to step up scrutiny on baby bottle producers to ensure compliance with the new measure ... production of containers with bpa was prohibited from 1 march, 2001, with a ban on the importation and sale due to come into force 1 june (tomorrow) bpa is a monomer used in the manufacture of polycarbonate bottles ... its continued use in food contact materials remains a source of ongoing debate as it has been linked with serious health problems – including cancer, birth defects and heart disease ... however, major food safety agencies across the globe – including the european food safety authority (efsa) and the us food and drug administration (fda) – have declared it poses no health hazards at current levels ... death penalty further to beijing’s target announced a few months ago of punishing food safety violations more severely, government chiefs have ordered the courts to hand out stiffer penalties to offenders ... the supreme people’s court said judges should impose the death penalty to those guilty of food safety crimes that result in human fatalities ... those convicted of committing several violations in the same case – such as production and sale of counterfeit and sub-standard goods – should receive the harshest punishment available, added a supreme court notice last week ... offenders should also be fined more heavily and/or banned from producing food ... food crime team a leading beijing official announced the likely formation of a crack police squad to clamp down on the rising number of adulteration scandals amid growing public concern ... ji lin, vice-mayor of the city and director of the city's food safety commission, said the new team would target the surroundings between the urban and rural areas as they had become production hotbeds for counterfeit or unsafe food

... coca-cola will face more calls tomorrow to publish a report on how it will seek to dispel customers concerns over bisphenol a, and what plans it has to develop replacements for the chemical used in its can linings ... the resolution is due to introduced at us company’s annual meeting in atlanta by shareholder advocacy groups as you sow, domini social investments and trillium asset management corporation ... it calls on coca-cola chiefs to: “issue a report to their investors disclosing how it is responding to public concerns about the safety of bpa in products; outline a plan to develop alternatives to bpa in can linings; and address what the company is doing to maintain leadership and public trust on this issue” ... public concerns "bpa can pose reputational and competitive risks to companies that use it in their products or packaging because of heightened public concern," as you sow senior program director michael passoff told foodproductiondaily ... " a similar motion introduced by the coalition last year and received 22 per cent shareholders' votes, which represents very strong support from mainstream shareholders, he added ... “coke’s refusal to address this issue proactively - and its willingness to blatantly ignore the concern of 1 of 5 of its shareowners - is why it is the only company targeted with a bpa container shareholder resolution and why it has gained a reputation as the industry laggard on this issue,” he said ... continued use of the chemical in food contact materials is a cause of growing controversy, with a host of studies raising concerns ... however, the food packaging industry stresses that major regulatory agencies such as the us food and drug administration (fda) and the european food safety authority (efsa) have said it poses no health threat to humans ... earlier this month swedish safety agencies proposed that bpa be phased out in food and beverage can linings

... a host of industry-led projects are currently underway to discover bisphenol a (bpa) alternatives for metal packaging – but a viable option is unlikely to reach the market for several years, said a leading us trade body in an exclusive interview with foodproductiondaily ... dr john rost, chairman of the north american metal packaging alliance (nampa), revealed that a huge amount of research has already been set in motion to find a universal substitute for the controversial chemical used in the epoxy linings of food and beverage cans ... “we are all working to find innovative alternative solutions and doing so in a highly competitive and demanding market environment,” he said ... “individual companies are conducting their own research and development activities, independent of one another,” said dr rost ... ” but he said that no complete solution was on the horizon that could match bpa in terms of performance and safety ... “there is a great deal of research underway at this time, but the fact remains there is no readily available alternative to bpa for all the types of metal food and beverage packaging currently in use,” said dr rost ... “given the proprietary nature of each company’s individual research and development activities, information about types of materials being tested or their stage of development is not readily available,” said the nampa chairman ... ‘still years away’ stringent development, testing and approval procedures means that it can be more than seven years from conception of a new coating until the time it is given the green light by federal authorities and finally reaches the market ... “the breakdown of that time period includes approximately one to three years focused on coating development; approximately two and a half years for application trials and pack testing; and another six months to two years for commercialization,” he explained

... new technology promising to turn the testing and safety regime for shellfish products on its head could be on the market within 12 months ... biosensor-based tests for potentially dangerous toxins in shellfish developed by scientists at queen’s university belfast are significantly faster, cheaper and more reliable than existing methods, project leader professor chris elliott told foodmanufacture ... they were also able to detect a far wider range of shellfish toxins, which at best, could cause a mild bout of food poisoning and at worst could cause paralysis and death, he said ... ” results in 10 minutes, instead of two days he added: “currently, you’ve either got animal testing techniques whereby you inject extracts of the shellfish into animals and monitor the effects, or send samples off to a lab for hplc tests and wait two days for the results ... "but this is difficult, costly and not 100% reliable ... ” the method developed by elliott’s team involves dipping shellfish samples into a bath of water and adding unique ‘detector proteins’, which seek out and lock onto toxins in mussels, oysters, cockles and scallops, said elliott, who heads up the institute for agri-food and land use at queen’s ... “if the proteins bind to a toxin they give off a signal that we can detect simply by putting a dipstick into the water and looking for a colour change, just like a pregnancy test ... ” it was too early for detailed costings, but it was feasible that the new system could enable firms to move to a positive-release system whereby all products were screened for toxins at source on fishing boats before being released into the food supply chain instead of the current system whereby samples were sent to labs for analysis, he said ... tests on fishing boats, not labs queen’s, which has signed a contract with uk-based neogen europe to commercialise the tests, has also been awarded a $500,000 grant from the us food and drug administration (fda) to further develop the technology so that tests can be conducted on fishing boats as soon as shellfish are caught, he said

... danone has agreed to settle with us regulators investigating claims the french food giant made when advertising probiotic products in the market ... the us federal trade commission said danone had agreed to drop “exaggerated” health claims on activia yoghurt and danactive dairy drinks ... the ftc said on wednesday (15 december) that danone’s us arm, the dannon co ... , had agreed to stop claiming that one daily serving of activia relieves “irregularity” and that danactive helps people avoid catching colds or flu ... the regulator had accused dannon of using “deceptive” advertising and not having “substantiation” for its claims ... the dairy group’s assertion that its claims on activia and danactive were clinically proven were “false”, the ftc had alleged ... “consumers want, and are entitled to, accurate information when it comes to their health ... ” the settlement between danone and the ftc will see the food maker pay us$21m to 39 us states that had launched their own inquiries into the advertising of the products ... under the settlement, dannon cannot claim its products reduce the likelihood of getting a cold or the flu without approval from the us food and drug administration ... commenting on the settlement, dannon said it was “pleased” to announce an agreement that “resolves all concerns” and allows the business to “advertise the core benefits of its products - that activia helps to regulate the digestive system and danactive helps to support the immune system” ... dannon said it would “more clearly convey activia’s beneficial effects on irregularity and transit time are confirmed on three servings a day” ... dannon added: “millions of people firmly believe in, benefit from and enjoy these products, and dannon will continue to research, educate and communicate about the benefits of probiotics on the digestive and immune systems ... the essence of dannon’s advertising remains unchanged and will continue to be truthful and in compliance with all laws and regulations