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Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2024

Nieuw onderzoek in het vakblad Nature Foods waarschuwt voor een toenemend tekort aan kalium in landbouwgrond. Dat vormt een ernstige bedreiging voor de wereldwijde voedselzekerheid.

L’association de défense des consommateurs dépose ce mercredi 21 février une plainte contre les deux groupes pour les traitements de désinfection auxquels ils ont eu recours sur leurs eaux telles que Vittel ou Perrier.

Existing production destroys more value than it creates due to medical and environmental costs, researchers say

After hottest day ever, researchers say global heating may mean future of crop failures on land and ‘silent dying’ in the oceans

Climate breakdown and crop losses threaten our survival, but the ultra-rich find ever more creative ways to maintain the status quo, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Welk voedsel willen we en wat willen we ervoor opgeven? vraagt MO*columniste Virginie Platteau zich af. ‘De wereldbevolking voeden, dat wíl de agro-industrie niet. Overproductie en inadequate distributie zijn inherent aan het systeem waarin winstmarges voorgaan op het voeden van de mensheid.’

..on a higher-resolution illustration of World3’s ‘runaway global warming’ scenario (∼8–12 °C+). Our simulation indicates rapid decline in food production and unequal distribution of ∼6 billion deaths due to starvation by 2100. ..

Recycled and reused food contact plastics are “vectors for spreading chemicals of concern” because they accumulate and release hundreds of dangerous toxins like styrene, benzene, bisphenol, heavy metals, formaldehyde and phthalates, new research finds.

Cell-based food production, which is the field of growing animal agricultural products directly from cell cultures, has been explored as an alleged sustainable alternative to the conventional livestock agricultural system. As commercial cell-based food production continues to expand, the urgency increases to address one of the most important questions of consumers, the question of food safety. Thus, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), has developed the present document to engage with respective Members and relevant stakeholders by proactively sharing the current knowledge to identify concrete ways to inform consumers and all other stakeholders about the food safety considerations for cell-based food products. This document includes a literature synthesis of relevant terminology issues, principles of cell-based food production processes and the global landscape of regulatory frameworks for cell-based food production.