24-Jul-2006 - Functional foods are generally defined as products imbued with additional nutrients with health-promoting properties. But the industry needs to be wary of foods that present no actual health benefit from piggy-backing on the popularity of the category and watering down its reputation.
05-Dec-2005 - The oft-said adage that there are two things people don't want to see being made - sausage and legislation - falls apart at the doors of the EU's parliament.
25-Jul-2005 - Nanotechnology creates substances with new chemical properties that we do not yet understand. A science with such huge potential deserves closer attention to the possible risks, before it falls the wrong side of belated discoveries of toxicity.