Thai government warns against eating snails from the Shan Lun River

# Thai River

# Snail Risk

# Shan Lun

# Government Warn

# River Snails

# Health Alert

Thai authorities are urging children, pregnant women and people with chronic diseases not to eat snails captured from the Shan Lun River because of elevated levels of arsenic. Experts have warned that the arsenic content in these snails has exceeded the safety standard by 10 to 20 times, which may cause serious poisoning after consumption. The findings were presented to Thai news agencies on May 3 by Somporn Pengkham, director of the Environmental Health Public Advocacy Platform (CHIA Platform). It is reported that the snail samples used for the study were sent for inspection by the Mae Sam Laep village administration and received the Thai health

2026-05-09 ·

Scientists study role of snails in parasites that pose public health threat

# snails

# health threat

# infected snails

Researchers have increased knowledge of the lifecycle of some parasites by studying snails in Thailand. These parasites can cause severe infections in humans who consume raw or improperly cooked fish that have fed on infected snails.

2021-03-08 · foodsafetynews

UK Government given both barrels by FDF over advertising ban

# FDF

# UK government

# advertising ban

The timeframe for the consultation has been called “frankly astounding” by the FDF, which has called for more detail in the proposal to ban advertising of unhealthy foods, as well as a meeting at Number 10 to discuss the way forward.

2020-11-27 · newfoodmagazine

Irish complaints include hair, snails, moths, stones, live insects in food

# Soup

# Irish

# rodent droppings

Consumer complaints in 2020 included hair in foods, glass in soup and insects and rodent droppings in products, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).

2021-02-25 · foodsafetynews

Rat lungworm cases linked to eating centipedes; host snails increasing in US

# lungworm

# centipedes

A foodborne parasite detected in two patients in a Chinese hospital has been traced to consumption of raw wild centipedes, according to a case report by the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

2018-08-08 · foodsafetynews

Over 50% of university students have tried a meat alternative, US study reveals

# Meat

# Alternative

# choice

Fifty-five percent of US Midwest university students have tried a plant-based meat alternative and attributed this choice to the enjoyment of new food, curiosity about the products, and environmental concern, according to a new study in the Journal of Nut

2021-07-10 · foodingredientsfirst

European Commission to investigate Delivery Hero and Glovo over food delivery cartel concerns

# EU Antitrust Investigation

The European Commission (EC) has launched a formal antitrust investigation to determine whether German online food takeaway company Delivery Hero and its Spanish business unit Glovo violated EU competition rules by forming a cartel in the food, grocery an

2024-08-06 · Food Ingredients First

UK’s Vertical Future unveils new vertical farm with higher yield

# Vertical Future

# CEA

# vertical farm

UK-based controlled-environment-agriculture (CEA) solutions provider Vertical Future has unveiled its new approach to vertical farming, which the company claims can boost global food production.

2020-12-09 · foodprocessing-technology

Plant-based expansion: Unilever acquires meat alternative innovator The Vegetarian Butcher

# Unilever

# acquisition

# Vegetarian Butcher

Unilever has acquired Netherlands headquartered meat alternative innovator The Vegetarian Butcher, as it seeks to expand its portfolio into plant-based foods that....

2018-12-21 · foodingredientsfirst

Cambridge University invents vegan spider silk to replace single-use plastics

# vegan

# Cambridge University

# spider silk

Xampla, a spinoff from Cambridge University, is working on commercializing a biodegradable alternative to single-use plastics that is made out of plant products but where the molecular structure is manipulated to resemble spider silk.

2021-07-19 · ingredientsnetwork