Thursday, 3 September 2015

Global Agriculture, Food & Nutrition updates - 03Sept'15 !

1. Agroisolab UK has launched a food authenticity service using a technique to verify the origin of foods and boost traceability efforts.

2. France’s major retailers, including Carrefour, Aldi and Lidl, have signed a voluntary contract to replace the food waste law – but a British industry group has called it a distraction from the real issue, saying similar measures are not needed in the UK.

3. Biotech giant Monsanto has said it will abide by requests from Latvia and Greece to be excluded from its application for re-authorisation of its MON180 maize in the European Union, but accused the countries of ignoring science.

4. Arla Foods has partnered with companies in Nigeria and Senegal to boost its "distribution backbone" in West Africa.

5. MycoTechnology – which has developed a pioneering new food processing platform using mushroom roots (mycelium) – has secured $6.7m in a Series A round of financing, with a second round expected to close before the end of the year.

6. A ban on genetically modified (GM) crops in Scotland would seriously undermine the nation’s food and drink industry, warn nearly 30 leading organisations.

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