World news about “Food” published by euronews.
Spain jobless restaurant customers work rather than pay the bill People who cannot afford to eat out are being offered an alternative menu by a Spanish restaurant: do an hour’s work rather than pay the bill. In a move… 19/05/2013
Insects food of the future Is this the shape of food to come? Most Westerners would be disgusted at the idea of this being a staple food, but for many in the third world bugs and… 13/05/2013
Chinese breast milk bank starts small The first mother’s milk bank in mainland China has opened in Guangzhou. It is starting out with four rooms and 80 mothers donating milk. The southern city has… 09/05/2013
Is austerity a threat to EU health policy? Isabelle Kumar, euronews: “From bees to horse-meat to ageing populations – an eclectic mix of issues, yet all in one man’s portfolio. And to top it all, a… 09/05/2013
Catalan eatery is world’s best restaurant If you want to eat in the best restaurant in the world you have to visit the Spanish city of Girona. El Celler de Can Roca topped the Restaurant magazine’s… 02/05/2013
Super fast chef – nocomment A restaurant owner famous locally for his ability to cook 15 dishes simultaneously has been drawing holiday crowds in northeast China’s Liaoning Province. 30/04/2013
Poisoned rolls gifted to plastics workers Around 25 workers at a plastics factory 300 kms west of Berlin are in hospital after an anonymous gift of filled bread rolls turned out to contain rat poison… 17/04/2013
European meat-eaters ‘defrauded but not endangered’ Another incident in Europe’s horsemeat scandal took place on 10 April, in the Netherlands. Its health authority the NVWA sounded the alarm over 50,000 tonnes… 16/04/2013
France tops EU horsemeat tests Random tests have found that France had more cases of illegal horsemeat in beef products than any EU other country. Forty seven of the 353 samples examined… 16/04/2013
Dutch recall 50,000 tonnes of beef on horsemeat suspicions 50,000 tonnes of beef have been recalled by the Dutch food safety authority. It has been deemed unfit for human consumption and it may contain… 10/04/2013
Thousands for the chef and the food’s not cheap either Europe maybe in recession but a meal for four with celebrated chef Ferran Adria of the elBulli restaurant has sold online for a stomach churning 18,000… 04/04/2013
Camel milk not just for desert How do you like your coffee? At select cafes in Dubai, you get camel’s milk. And its producers are taking it global. Although less known lately, camel’s… 01/04/2013
Danish researchers probe food cancer risk Food containing starch, heated to more than 120 degrees, causes a chemical substance which is thought to be carcinogenic. That is according to Danish… 26/03/2013
Ikea’s ‘bacteria’ cakes confiscated in China – nocomment Chinese official news agency Xinhua reported that the local Shanghai quarantine bureau destroyed nearly two tonnes of IKEA’s imported chocolate almond cakes… 07/03/2013
Food labelling is small step in fraud fight As Europe’s food industry moves to stop a repeat of the horsemeat scandal, how do retailers currently try to trace the content of their products? GS1 is an… 04/03/2013
IKEA pulls meatballs off menus after horsemeat found Sweden’s IKEA has become the latest retailer to stop selling some of its food products after finding traces of horsemeat. It has pulled its famous beef and… 26/02/2013
Rising to new challenges This edition of Business Planet takes us to Timisoara, one of Romania’s three major economic hubs, a very dynamic region virtually devoid of unemployment… 22/02/2013
‘Tomato war’ in Chile – nocomment Thousands of people took part in the third annual “War of the Tomato” in the Chilean city of Quillon. In a take on the famed tomato festival in Bunol, Spain… 19/02/2013
Europe Weekly: EU tackles horsemeat scandal This week in Europe Weekly, the EU lays out its plan to tackle the fallout from the horsemeat scandal. The European Commission urges steel giant… 16/02/2013
EU backs DNA tests in wake of horsemeat crisis The European Union has backed DNA testing in the wake of the horsemeat scandal. All 27 member states will carry out the tests on meat labelled as beef to… 15/02/2013
Beanz meanz Buffett In a surprise purchase ketchup and baby food maker Heinz is being bought by billionaire Warren Buffett’s investment group, together with private equity firm… 14/02/2013
EU ministers hold horsemeat talks EU officials held emergency talks in Brussels on Wednesday on the horsemeat scandal. Environment, agriculture and consumer ministers were in the Belgian… 13/02/2013
Belgian shoppers fret over horsemeat scandal The horsemeat scandal is yet to hit Belgian supermarkets, but nevertheless consumers there are worried by developments in France and Britain. Shoppers in… 13/02/2013
Eat less, feel full It looks like a restaurant kitchen, but it is an advanced research institute on human nutrition in Aberdeen, Scotland. Food is served to study volunteers, not… 01/02/2013
Merkel’s munchiesA combination photo shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel eating Dutch cheese, smelling roasted coffee beans and reacting as she eats chocolate during her… 18/01/2013
Food photo show: good enough to eat? From apple farms to sausages with smiley faces; these are just some of the subjects of Berlin-born artist Michael Schmidt for his latest exhibition… 16/01/2013
Starbucks forced into tax offer Public anger and calls for boycotts have forced Starbucks to offer to pay more tax in Britain. The coffee chain will change its accounting practices, after… 06/12/2012
World’s longest chocolate train unveiled in Brussels – nocomment A train made entirely chocolate set a new Guinness World Record as the longest chocolate structure in the world. The sculpture, on display at the busy… 20/11/2012
Zombie pumpkins invade New York City – nocomment Zombie pumpkins took over New York’s Botanical Garden as carvers got creative in the lead up to Halloween. 25/10/2012
Tasty in Lviv – nocomment At the third edition of the Festival of Wine and Cheese held in Lviv, visitors got to taste 40 varieties of wine and dozens of different cheeses. 23/10/2012
Nothing but pumpkins – nocomment Pipek’s farm at Nova Ves, some 150 kilometres south east of Prague, is the Czech Republic’s largest grower of pumpkins. The owners have created ‘Pumpkin… 19/10/2012
Crisis sours Danone’s sales Southern Europe tightens its belt, and Danone pays the price as its shares fall. Quarterly sales from the world’s biggest yoghurt maker disappointed the… 17/10/2012
X-ray expertise A Danish company has developed a series of machines that can quite literally see the unseen. Joergen Rheinlaender, the Director at InnospeXion explains: “We… 11/10/2012
New world record for longest sausage – nocomment The southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya city has claimed the record for creating the world’s longest sausage. It was part of celebrations to mark its City… 09/10/2012
New Barilla plant, sauce of joy in Italian economy Leading pasta-maker Barilla is bucking the economic trend in Italy by opening a new multi-million euro plant as other big industrial names are pulling out of… 08/10/2012
Horsemeat found in Panzani ravioliPasta-maker Panzani has become the latest company to be embroiled in the horsemeat scandal. The firm, a subsidiary of Spain’s Ebro foods, said its beef… 27/02/2013
KFC revamps its reputation in ChinaWooing the Chinese. KFC has launched a campaign to rebuild its brand in China following a scandal over banned drugs being used to fatten chickens in its… 25/02/2013
Horsemeat forces meatballs off the menu at IKEAThe Swedish furniture giant is the latest company to fall foul of the horsemeat scandal. Meatballs have been pulled from their shelves after Czech inspectors… 25/02/2013
Hollande wants better EU meat labelling to improve traceabilityFrench President François Hollande has called for greater traceability for the meat used in ready-made meals. Hollande made the comments as he visited the… 23/02/2013
French firm accused of selling horse has ban partially liftedSpanghero, the French meat company accused by the French government of knowingly selling horsemeat, has had the ban on its licence partially lifted. Union… 19/02/2013
French cuisine rewarded in latest Michelin guideThis year’s prestigious Michelin guide for restaurants is out and there’s a pleasant surprise for French food lovers. Two restaurants in Tournus have been… 18/02/2013
Hackers chop Twitter account of fast food giantThe Twitter account of fast food giant Burger King has been hacked and turned into McDonalds. Hacktivist group Anonymous says it was behind the infiltration… 18/02/2013
Still more horse meat found in European ‘beef’ productsAs the EU launches plans for immediate DNA tests of beef products for the presence of unlabelled horse meat, more European countries have reported… 16/02/2013
EU launches testing programme in escalating horse meat scandalWhere will the focus fall next? The horse meat scandal, as it has been called, resonates across Europe. Northern Ireland is in the spotlight with… 16/02/2013
French company accused of selling horsemeat as beef to fight allegationThe French meat company accused by the government of knowingly selling horsemeat labelled as beef is to fight the allegation. French Consumer Affairs… 15/02/2013
EU insists horsemeat scandal is not a public health issueEuropean food safety officers are meeting in Brussels to discuss the mislabelling of horsemeat as beef. The EU intends to draft plans for the large scale… 15/02/2013
French meat firm denies knowingly selling horseFrench meat-processing firm Spanghero has rejected claims that it deliberately sold horsemeat labelled as beef. It has released a statement saying it… 14/02/2013
EU wants tougher labelling on meat productsGermany is carrying out tests on meat and meat products as supermarkets in North Rhine-Westphalia removed suspicious products from shelves as the horsemeat… 13/02/2013
Britain promises ‘relentless’ probe into horsemeat scandalBlaming continental Europe for the horsemeat scandal appeared to backfire on British food chiefs after police raided and closed a slaughterhouse in northern… 13/02/2013
UK police raid two firms in horsemeat scandalBritish police have raided a slaughterhouse and a meat processor suspected of selling horsemeat as beef. It is the latest development on the widening… 13/02/2013
Stakes raised in the horsemeat scandalThe horsemeat scandal blame-game has heated up. The discovery of horsemeat disguised as beef in ready-to-eat frozen meals sold across Europe has… 11/02/2013
‘Conspiracy’ and ‘mafia’ claims in horsemeat scandalGovernment ministers in Britain are claiming a complex conspiracy lies behind the widening horsemeat scandal which they say has its roots in… 11/02/2013
Romania investigates abattoirs over EU horsemeat scandalThe head of a British parliamentary commission on the food industry has called for all meat imports from the European Union to be suspended while… 10/02/2013
Investigations look for answers to horsemeat scandalBeef infected with horsemeat has been taken off the supermarket shelves but the crisis remains on the European political agenda. In London on Saturday the… 09/02/2013
Horsemeat scandal goes euro-wideCrime lies behind the Findus horsemeat in beef lasagne scandal, according to the British government, as the number and types of products being removed from… 08/02/2013
Findus beef lasagne is horsemeatFrozen ready meal producer, Findus says horsemeat has been discovered in its beef lasagne. The British Food Standards Agency says Findus has carried out tests… 08/02/2013
Nestlé guilty of NGO espionageA Swiss court has found Nestlé guilty of spying on anti-globalisation group Attac. After the announcement of the judgement last week, Nestle and a Swiss… 31/01/2013
The best of #burgergateThe discovery of horse meat in beef burgers on sale in British and Irish supermarkets has shocked many people and raised questions about how little some… 16/01/2013
Horse meat found in burgers in UK and IrelandBritish supermarket chain Tesco has withdrawn a number of brands of frozen beefburgers from sale in the UK and Ireland after they were found to contain horse… 16/01/2013
UK study shows up to half of all food is wastedDeveloped countries are leading the way when it comes to food wastage, according to a UK report. The study carried out by the London-based Institution of… 11/01/2013
Macca makeover for Aussie McDonald’sMcDonalds is temporarily changing its name down under to celebrate Australia Day. The international fast-food store, affectionately known as Macca’s by half… 08/01/2013
Crisis canteens stay open for hungry Portuguese childrenFor the first time, temporary canteens designed to feed malnourished children in dozens of towns in Portugal have remained open over the whole Christmas… 05/01/2013
Sweet Spain prepares for the Christmas seasonA sweet tooth has proved a boost to Spain’s ailing economy. With unemployment running at a record high, marzipan mixed with a dash of Christmas spirit is… 21/11/2012
Sweden issues warning over dyed porkSweden’s National Food Agency has issued a Europe-wide warning after tonnes of dyed pork meat were discovered being sold as more expensive beef. The agency… 17/10/2012
UN raises alarm over rising hunger levelsThe United Nations food agency has issued a fresh warning over growing hunger levels. One in eight people in the world is chronically undernourished… 09/10/2012
