How to tackle food fraud in official food control authorities in Germany

Deadly fraud – Food allergen substitution in the food chain

Food allergy, a significant public health concern in the developed world has a forensic context. Allergy related personal injury, fatality or criminal non-compliance with food law on the part of a food supplier are issues that have come before the UK courts. More recently substitution of peanuts for more expensive almonds has been discovered. Substitution, accidental or deliberate, subverts avo...

How to Set up an Effective Food Tax?; Comment on “Food Taxes: A New Holy Grail?”

Whereas public information campaigns have failed to reverse the rising trend in obesity, economists support food taxes as they suggest they can force individuals to change their eating behavior and make the agro-food industry think more about healthy food products. Excise taxes based on the unhealthy nutrient content would be more effective since they impact more on unhealthy food products than...

How to increase community participation capacity in food environment policymaking: Results of a scoping review

Background: Food environment plays a major role in health outcomes. A growing interest in community-based participatory research (CBPR) has led to its application in the improvement of the food environment. This scoping review aims to compile and map the literature and identify key strategies used for increasing community participation capacity in the food environment policymaking process.    ...

Food Taxes: How Likely Are Likely Effects?

Maternal food intake and socioeconomic status to tackle childhood malnutrition.

e > u e s e a b c p a b his issue features a study by Géa-Horta et al.,1 which escribes the association between maternal socioeconoic factors (employment and level of schooling) and the ccurrence of some nutritional indicators (short stature and xcess weight) in children under 5 years of age in a represenative sample of the Brazilian population. The final sample omprised 4356 women with a mean ...