A University of Birmingham analysis led by Dr Mohamed Abdallah, and commissioned by environmental campaign group Foodrise, has detected PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances a group of over 10,000 synthetic chemicals used since the 1950s to make products resistant...
More than half of bacon and ham consumers in the UK would support cigarette-style health warnings on processed meats containing nitrites, according to exclusive research commissioned by The Grocer and carried out by The Harris Poll UK in May 2026. The survey included...
Tetra Pak has launched what it describes as the food industry’s first carton packaging for shelf-stable tuna, offering manufacturers a paper-based alternative to traditional metal cans. The new format, developed in collaboration with Spanish seafood producer Jealsa,...
A study published in Scientific Reports investigated whether widely used environmental chemicals, bisphenol A (BPA), nonylphenol (NP) and octylphenol (OP), may be linked to breast cancer through their effects on biological pathways. These substances are classified as...
A new report commissioned by Greenpeace International has found microplastics and plastic-associated chemicals in baby food packaged in flexible plastic pouches sold under Nestlé’s Gerber and Danone’s Happy Baby Organics brands sold outside the UK. The findings come...
The French NutriNet-Santé study has published another paper relating disease in this prospective study to the intake of an additive group, in this case preservatives. This is the first prospective epidemiological study investigating the links between a wide range of...
Obanya and colleagues at the University of Portsmouth and Marine Conservation Society published a paper in May 2026 looking at PFAS contaminants in surface waters, effluents, sediments and coastal food webs off the Solent coastline in the UK. PFAS (per- and...
Foodwatch, a European NGO, have published their findings from an independent laboratory analysis of banned pesticide residues in 64 food samples, including products purchased in Austria, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. As Foodwatch highlight, the European Union...
Greenpeace UK’s new report, Our Poisoned Land, which warns that intensive pesticide and fertiliser use is not only posing serious risks to human health, The report highlights that a typical British roast dinner, followed by strawberries for dessert uses a cocktail of...
A paper published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry has reported that whilst it is known that emerging contaminants can accumulate in water, soils, and crops this appears to also be the case for honeybees. Using samples collected surrounding arable...