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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special Report
      FT Health: Communicable Diseases

      Climate change helps the spread of infectious diseases. Plus: rise in fungal infections highlights risks of antimicrobial resistance; Sydney shows how to almost eliminate HIV transmission; wait goes on for effective Long Covid treatments

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    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      Food & Beverage
      Islamic scholars rule on how to make lab-grown meat halal

      Industry starts to explore certification for products to fit religious dietary regulations

      Lab-grown chicken and rice dish
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The promise of anti-obesity drugs

      Weight-loss medication can boost global welfare, but should not replace healthy habits

      A scientist uses a culture flask and pipette
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Tim Hayward
      Ultra-processed food furore leaves a woolly taste in the mouth

      The unpalatable truth is that tackling the market forces that drive down quality and price would mean a political intervention

      Slices of pan bread
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
      US regulator warns Reckitt on baby formula manufacturing standards

      FDA sends letters to UK-listed group and two others after recalls for potential bacterial contamination

      Reckitt’s company logo on a building
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Fukushima nuclear accident
      Japan’s release of radioactive water from Fukushima angers China

      Beijing attacks Tokyo’s plans and says ocean is ‘not a sewer’ for nuclear-contaminated water

      A view of large numbers of water tanks around the plant
    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      News in-depthSpecial Report
      Sustainable Food and Agriculture

      Climate change is starting to hit hard. How will it affect the world’s farmland? Plus: warning labels for unhealthy food; robots that weed; making biodiversity pay; food tracing start-ups; high hopes for agritourism; houses — and more — of straw

      farmer using digital tablet while inspecting crops
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Inside BusinessLeila Abboud
      Brussels should ignore industry bellyaching about food health ratings

      Lobbyists are opposing EU moves to adopt Nutri-score labels, but the public health benefits are clear

      The Nutri-Score rating labels items from A (green) to E (red) to indicate their nutritional profile.
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      Food & Beverage
      WHO warning on aspartame makes life less sweet for drinks makers

      Health body says ingredient is ‘possibly carcinogenic’ but consumption guidance remains unchanged

      A montage of cans of Dr Pepper, Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      Global trade
      EU resumes Japanese food imports banned after Fukushima disaster

      Decision comes as Tokyo faces backlash from China and South Korea over releasing waste water from the nuclear plant

      Pedestrians stand next to collapsed houses that were hit by a tsunami in Minamisoma, in the Fukushima prefecture of Japan, in March 2011
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      Food campaigners push for clearer labelling on nutrition risks

      ‘Traffic lights’ and other schemes can both warn consumers and push manufacturers to reformulate

      Conspicuous black octagonal warning labels on food products including Nutella in Chile
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      Investors and regulators focus on food tracing

      Restaurant and grocery businesses face growing pressure to disclose where their products originate

      A shopper reads the packaging on a product in a supermarket
    • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
      Anjana Ahuja
      Warnings on sweeteners may leave a bitter taste

      Whether or not aspartame is carcinogenic, we know it is not the healthy option that many consumers believe it to be

      Andy Carter illustration of a person holding a cup of coffee running away from a downpour of sweetener being sprinkled by a giant hand
    • Saturday, 1 July, 2023
      John Gapper
      Three warnings about the obesity pills coming after Wegovy

      New treatments have had remarkable results but there are reasons to be cautious

      An advertisement for Wegovy weight loss injections in the New York subway
    • Saturday, 10 June, 2023
      LexFood & Beverage
      Baby food: a formula for high margins Premium content

      The infant nutrition business stays healthy when price rises bite as parents rarely trade down

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    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      Food & Beverage
      Ireland to label alcoholic drinks with detailed health warnings

      Move sets up clash at WTO meeting next month after complaints from drinks exporters

      People sitting outside a pub with drinks in Dublin, Ireland
    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      ReviewScience books
      Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken — how our food turned to junk

      The podcaster and presenter breaks down the complex issue of additives with clarity and sensitivity but without moralising

      A hand trying to grab one of the pink doughnuts
    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc
      Krispy Kreme boss shrugs off UK’s tightening anti-obesity rules

      Mike Tattersfield says consumers can be ‘trained’ to look for its doughnuts in different sections of the store

      Krispy Kreme doughnuts on a tray
    • Monday, 24 April, 2023
      OutlookAmy Kazmin
      Italy resists the taste for edible insects

      Food that is a normal part of human diet in south-east Asia has been finding a market in Europe

      A factory worker in a plastic hair covering and white coat holds a crate of pasta made from insect flour
    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      Nestlé S.A.
      Nestlé investors warn of ‘systemic risks’ from unhealthy foods

      Company pushed to become less reliant on products high in sugar and saturated fats

      Nestlé factory in Toronto
    • Sunday, 2 April, 2023
      LexAgritech
      Lab-grown meat: Italy’s disapproval hard to swallow Premium content

      Giorgia Meloni’s ban looks like an exercise in brand protection

      A cooked piece of cultivated chicken breast
    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      Anjana Ahuja
      We can’t let companies get away with making consumers sick

      Just four sectors contribute to at least a third of global deaths — they should be held accountable

      Illustration of a corporate heart monitor - a heart monitor showing heart rate and a stock graph.
    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Nestlé S.A.
      Nestlé says less than half of its mainstream food and drinks are considered ‘healthy’

      World’s biggest food company discloses nutritional value of its portfolio for the first time

      Nestlé KitKat bars
    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Medical science
      High sucralose doses suppress immune system, research on mice shows

      Unexpected finding suggests popular sweetener could treat autoimmune conditions such as arthritis and diabetes

      A tea spoon with artificial sweetener
    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Brexit
      New EU arsenic rules catch N Ireland between Brussels and London

      Baby food measures highlight novel status of region under the Windsor framework

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