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FAO’s new free web tool combines soil, climate and landscape data to help farmers choose crops suited to each location, with consequences that could eventually reach everyday food choices.
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Two official updates published in July put arsenic and other metal contaminants back on the food-safety agenda. Here is what the latest science means for everyday cooking and shopping.
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Nestlé is extending its liquid coffee concentrate into ten European markets, giving home cooks a pour-and-mix route to iced coffee while leaving local price and availability to the label and retailer.
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A new Food Standards Agency survey found gaps in allergen, authenticity and labelling checks, with practical lessons for shoppers and home cooks.
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Nestlé has joined more than 40 food and agriculture businesses supporting a new framework designed to make regenerative farming more practical, measurable and independently verifiable.
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A new CDC surveillance summary shows why seafood safety starts before cooking: some marine toxins are tasteless, odorless and resistant to cooking or freezing.
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A new CDC investigation links a 2024–2025 hepatitis A outbreak in the Netherlands to frozen blueberries and offers a timely reminder about handling frozen fruit at home.
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The FDA has reopened public comments on BHT through August 31, 2026. Here is what the review means for packaged foods, cooking ingredients and food-contact materials.
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A FAO feature from the Comoros shows how inspectors prioritize higher-risk food shipments—and why that upstream work still needs careful storage and cooking at home.
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FAO says rising fertilizer prices could put Afghanistan’s next wheat harvest at risk unless farmers receive timely support before winter planting.
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A recent Australian food recall warns NSW consumers not to eat a 1 kg pack of Yumbah Australian Greenlip Abalone because of possible brevetoxin contamination.
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The FDA’s latest Listeria update is aimed at the whole food chain. Here is what its prevention agenda means for storing, reheating and serving ready-to-eat food at home.