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A
Acrylamide
(FACS)
Acrylamide 2015
(EUFIC)
Acrylamide: What To Know When You Cook and Bake – Food Insight
(Food Insight)
Acrylamide in foods
(IFST)
Food authenticity testing using modern techniques
(IFST)
Additives (See food additives)
Adult Nutrition
(EUFIC)
Aflatoxin
(DoH)
Aflatoxin
(IUFoST)
Avian Influenza North Dakota
(North Dakota Dept. of Health)
Avian Influenza Or Bird Flu
(SAPA)
Allergy
(FACS)
Arllergy Testing
(IFT)
Allergy and intolerance | Eufic
(Eufic)
Questions and Answers: Animal Antibiotics, Antimicrobial Resistance and Impact on Food Safety
(Food Insight)
Antibiotics & Veterinary Drug Residues
(FACS)
Antioxidants
(IFT)
Aspartame
(FACS)
Aspartame
(IFST)
Avian Flu
(FACS)
Avian Flu
(Poultry Agency)
B
Infant Feeding
(Food Insight)
Bacteria and Viruses in Food
(Foodsafety.gov)
Best Before/Use By Dates
(FSA)
Best Before – Interpreting Label Terms
(NHS)
Biotechnology
(IFTSA)
Bisphenol A
(IFST)
BPA: What’s Getting Missed? – Food Insight
(Food Insight)
Botulism
(FACS)
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
(IFST)
BSE
(Food Standards Agency)
Bread
(FACS)
C
Caffeine
(EUFIC)
Calcium in Nutrition and Health
(FACS)
Canned Vegetables And Food Safety
(Lucia Anelich)
Cannabis
(Janusz F Luterek, Pr.Eng for Hahn & Hahn Attorneys)
Cannabis – Regulations on use of Cannabis in food
Canning
(FACS)
Canola Oil
(FACS)
Changing Recommendations
(FACS)
Cold Chain
(FACS)
Colours in food
(Food Insight)
Corona Virus
(Lucia Anelich)
D
Date labelling
(best before/use by dates) (IFST)
Dates on Labels – see Best Before
Diet Proof Diets
(IFIC)
Dietary Guidelines for parents
(NIH)
Dietary Guidelines – South Africa
(NSSA)
Dietary Fibre
(IFST)
Dietary Iron
(NIH)
Dioxins
(FACS)
Dioxins and their effects on human health
(WHO)
E
Egg and Avian Influenza or Bird Flu
(FACS)
Enrichment
(FACS) (See also fortification)
F
Fats
(EUFIC)
Fats
(IFT)
Fibre in Foods
(FACS)
Fluoridation
(FACS)
Food Additives
(FACS)
Food additives
(IFST)
What are food additives and how are they regulated in the EU?
(EUFIC)
Food Briefs
Brief but useful information on food and DNA Testing, Arthritis, Prostate Cancer, Hypoxis, Dioxins and the reuse of plastic bottles. (FACS)
Foodborne viral infections
(IFST)
Foodborne Illness (or Food Safety)
(EUFIC)
Food Fears
(IFIC)
Food Fortification
(See also enrichment) (FACS)
Food Irradiation
(FACS)
Food Irradiation
(IFST)
Food Poisoning
(See also Salmonella below) (FACS)
Food Safety
(Foodsafety.gov)
Food Safety
(WHO)
Food Safety & The Science of Toxicology
(FACS)
Food Science and Technology
(IFT)
Frying Oil – Safety
(FACS)
Functional Foods
(IFT)
G
Genetically Modified Crops – Q & A
(ISAAA)
Genetically Modified Organisms – GMOs
(FACS)
GMOs and Your Next Shopping Trip: An FAQ to Keep Handy
(Food Insight)
Genetically Modified Organisms
(EUFIC)
Gluten
(IFT)
Glycemic Index
(FACS)
Glycaemic Index – GI
(NZNF)
Glyphosate
(NPIC)
GMO’s (see Genetically Modified Organisms above)
H
Hand Hygiene
(IFST)
Tips for Balanced and Healthy Eating
(Food Insight)
Health Promotional Material
(Dept of Health. RSA)
HIV AIDS and Nutrition
(Anne-Marie De Beer)
HIV AIDS and Nutrition
(FACS)
Hormones in Meat
(FACS)
I
Ingredients
(IFIC)
Intolerance – See allergy
Putting edible insects on the menu
(NWU)
Iodation of salt
(FACS)
Irradiation of Food
(IFT)
J
K
L
Labelling
(FACS)
Lactose Intolerance – See allergy
Microbes 101: Listeria
(Food Insight)
Listeriosis
(NICD)
Listeriosis and Listeria monocytogenes
(FACS)
M
Red Meat
(Food Insight)
Melamine
(FACS)
Microwave Cooking
(IFT)
Milk, Calcium & Nutrition
(FACS)
Misinformation on Nutrition
(ADA)
Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) – the facts
(FACS)
MSG
(FDA)
What is monosodium glutamate and is it bad for you?
(EUFIC)
Mycotoxins
(IFST)
N
Nanotechnology
(IFST)
Nutraceuticals or Functional Foods
(FACS)
Nutrition – child
(NIH)
O
Obesity
(FACS)
Obesity and overweight
(EUFIC)
Oils and fats
(IFST)
Olive Oil
(FACS)
Organic Food
(FACS)
Organic Food
(IFST)
Organic Food
(EUFIC)
P
Patulin and Beverage Safety
(Lucia Anelich)
Pesticide
(NPIC)
PET bottle reuse
(FACS)
Physical Activity and Health
(EUFIC)
Plastics and Packaging and Food Safety
(FACS)
FACS Posters: Healthy Eating & Nutrition
(FACS)
Nutrition 101: Prebiotics, Probiotics and the Gut Microbiome
(Food Insight)
Processed Foods – a review
(EUFIC)
Processed Food
(IFT)
Processed Meat
(BBC)
Processed Meat in SA
(FACS)
Protein Alternatives – pulses & legumes
(FACS)
Q
R
Regulation of Food Safety and Quality: Consumers’ Concerns
(FACS)
S
Safe Food Handling
(FACS)
Safe Food – 5 Keys to Safer Food
(WHO)
Safe Meat
(FACS)
Salmonella
(Foodsafety.gov)
What is salt and how does it affect our blood pressure?
(EUFIC)
Sodium in Your Diet
(FDA)
What You Should Know about Sodium and Salt
(Food Insight)
Scientific Research
(EUFIC)
What to know about soy
(Medical News Today)
Sound Science: History of Soy and Health
(Food Insight)
Stevia – a non-caloric sweetener of natural origin
(IFST)
Sudan Red
(FACS)
Sugar in the diet
(EUFIC)
Sugars
(IFST)
More than Sweet: A Food Science Perspective on the Role of Sugars in Food
(Food Insight)
Supplements
(ADA)
Food supplements
(EFSA)
Sweeteners
(IFT)
Sweeteners
(IFIC)
T
Tartrazine
(FACS)
Trans Fats
(IFT)
Trans-Fatty Acids
(FACS)
The Power of Food Processing
(FACS)
U
Why NOVA Misses the Mark
(IFT)
Understanding scientific studies
(EUFIC)
Use By Date (See, Best Before Date, above)
Ultra Processed Foods – The Power of Food Processing
V
What is a Vegetarian Diet?
(Food Insight)
W
Water
(WHO)
Waste to Food
(NWU)
X Y Z