This epidemiological study provides, for the first time, exploratory evidence of associations between food coloring additives and cancer incidence. Consumption of total coloring additives was found to be significantly associated with a higher incidence of overall cancer (a rate of 13.3% among high consumers of colorings compared to 12.1% among low consumers), as well as breast cancer and postmenopausal breast cancer. Plain caramel (E150a) was associated with an increased incidence of overall cancer, while beta-carotene (E160a) was associated with an increased incidence of both overall cancer and breast cancer. These findings require confirmation.
As every year during the “Salon International de l’Agriculture” (SIA 2026) of Paris, INRAE organized conferences and roundtables at its booth. We particularly enjoyed the session led by Sophie Nicklaus (Scientific Director for Food and Health, INRAE) and Catherine Renard (Director of the Carnot Qualiment Institute, INRAE) on “Innovating through Fermentation for Sustainability and Health”. This conference highlighted the growing impact of projects from the Carnot Qualiment Institute:
The HCSP recommends an overhaul of the PNNS strategic framework, with a name reflecting a broader scope that includes environmental sustainability, sleep, physical activity, and the fight against sedentary lifestyles for the development of the french PNNS 5 (2025-2030).
ANSES (National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety) and Public Health France are launching the Albane study, which is a national survey that will track the health status of a representative sample of the French population over several years.
Water lentils have received approval from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for production and consumption as fresh vegetable in the EU. The researchers from Wageningen University & Research (WUR) in the Netherlands compilied a dossier demonstrating the safety, …
The Theme for World Microbiome Day 2024 is “Feed your microbes – How diet shapes your gut microbiome”
The agriculture and food system accounts for 34% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. France has committed to reducing GHG emissions by 46% by 2025. A joint study by the French Society of Nutrition (SFN) and the Climate Action Network (RAC) carried out by Nicole Darmon showed that a 50% reduction in meat consumption combined with an increase in the consumption of adequate vegetables reduces the carbon impact by 35% while satisfying nutritional recommendations for adults.
Better supervision and control of technology is the Senate’s vigilance recommendation. The Committee on Economic Affairs in the Senate recalled its anthropological, ethical, cultural and, in short, political opposition to the development of “cellular foods”. Promising on paper (environment, animal welfare), this innovation according to the Senate, will in no way be essential in the food transition, and would not be without impact on livestock farming. It then made eighteen recommendations grouped into three areas respectively focused on the authorization process strengthening, the information to consumer and research.
The law on the fight against waste and the circular economy (AGEC) of 2020 lays down provisions which will be phased in over time. We discuss the ones that will have an impact on the agri-food sector in 2023.
The project named Economically-Powered Protein Transition through Innovation in Chains (EPPIC) has for objectives to increase production and consumption of crops high in protein and consequently to accelerate the protein transition in the Netherlands. The EPPIC project catalyses €2.6 billion in economic activity and contributes significantly to reduce greenhouse gas emission in the country.
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