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The FBI-trained trends forecaster: From serial killers to cereal bars

Trends forecaster Suzy Badaracco claims she has a 100 percent success rate for spotting the next big things for the food industry – and when trends are on their way out. Could it have something to do with her FBI training?

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FoodNavigator-USA.com goes mobile

From today, you can access FoodNavigator-USA.com from your mobile phone.

Canadian taskforce outlines sodium reduction strategy

Canada’s Sodium Reduction Taskforce has issued its report outlining how it aims to cut Canadian per capita sodium consumption to 2,300mg a day by 2016 – including voluntary targets for industry.

Cargill in deal to supply Unilever with segregated palm oil

Cargill has announced a deal to supply Unilever’s European operations with 10,000 metric tonnes of fully segregated refined RSPO certified palm oil but no dateline was given.

Tainted packaging recall hits Kellogg profits

Kellogg has said the massive recall of breakfast cereal due to tainted packaging was a major factor behind it posting a 15 per cent drop in profits for the second quarter.

IFT Cares in action in Chicago

After an afternoon volunteering at the Greater Chicago Food Depository, Mike Stones discusses food insecurity in a wealthy city – and IFT’s links to the Feeding America network.

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EC approves six GM corn varieties for food and feed from FoodNavigator.com

The European Commission authorized six genetically modified (GM) maize varieties for food and feed use on Wednesday after member states failed to return majority decisions for or against on three occasions.

ADHD could be linked to diet: Cohort study from FoodNavigator.com

A new study from Australia has suggested that ADHD in adolescents could be linked to Western diets, which tend to be high in total fat, saturated fat, refined sugar and sodium.

New Zealand opens doors to European raw milk products from DairyReporter.com

The EU has welcomed a decision the New Zealand government to open up its domestic market to raw milk products from the EU.

Flavour industry unites to attract new research talent from FoodNavigator.com

A new scheme offering bursaries and an award to PhD students investigating flavours aims to address the current shortage of flavour experts by encouraging a new generation.

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