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palm oil due to deforestation of Indonesia ...

RSPO - Palm Oil
COOP A few years ago, had tried and had declared war on oil palm accused on two fronts:
1. Harmful to health due to the high saturated fat content
2. Because of advancing deforestation of Indonesia to make way for palm oil plantations.
After a few years back here address the issue of palm oil in food always for the same reasons. Now the alarm is launched by the supermarket chains, particularly the Swiss, French and English and it seems determined to go all the way to the issue.
About the problems on human health is the only solution is to eliminate palm oil from the list of ingredients (which is very difficult for some foods), but on the ecological problem in Indonesia is the only solution seems to be to sourcing sustainable palm oil (RSPO).

RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) has defined the criteria that identify four models of provision for the promotion of sustainable palm oil product according to criteria (RSPO palm):
1. Identity Preserved or full guarantee of sustainable product with full traceability from plant to finished product,
2. Segregation or guarantee for product development,
3. MASS BALANCE or partial guarantee of sustainable product, mixed with a certain percentage of products not sustainable
4. BOOK & CLAIM as a mechanism of sponsorship, through which each link in the supply prior to the final consumer of the finished product, you can buy and resell the certificates representing the crude product RSPO, which has no constraint on the use of that product!!


order to use the certificates you need some requirements, eg. to join the association Greenpalm ( http://www.greenpalm.org/ ).
The certificates represent about one tonne (940Kg) of crude palm RSPO, and / or refined and / or its fractions. The cost is currently about 15usd/ton

is obvious that for the first three strategies, the costs are necessarily higher than those identified in the "BOOK & claim" (paragraph 4). In fact, the purchases must be programmed for time and for quantities in excess of that necessary, since there (as opposed to point 4) the ability to certify the exact amount of palm oil used

Before we close the topic must be stated, however, that 80% of global palm oil comes from Indonesia and then we can certify that the palm is only 20% of the total and then we wonder just how much sustainable palm oil to meet global demand?
By John Buffatti

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3-MCPD ... contaminant in food

speak today of a particular food contaminants: 3-MCPD (monochloro-propane-1, 2diol).

While polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and mineral oil is derived from environmental contamination of both the system and the various forms of Bis Phenol A from packaging, 3-MCPD derived from processes technology.

Indeed, "the 3-monocloropropano-1 ,2-diol (3-MCPD) is a contaminant that develops during the processing of food [...].
is formed in foods containing fat and salt when exposed to high temperatures during production. Some studies have linked the 3-MCPD in rats with infertility, inhibition of immune function and possible carcinogenicity.
In 2001, the former Scientific Committee on Food of the European Union had established an acceptable daily intake of 2 g / kg body weight for 3-MCPD and legislation specified a maximum concentration of 20 g / kg for 3-MCPD in proteins hydrolysed vegetable and soy sauce. [...]
in December 2007 was recorded for the first time the presence of fatty esters of 3-MCPD (3-MCPD esters) in several foods such as refined edible fats such as margarine and oils, as well as infant formula and breast milk.
Since that 3-MCPD may be issued by the foreign, the question of the presence of 3-MCPD esters should be investigated. While there are several toxicological studies on animals in relation to the 3-MCPD, knowledge about the presence, the toxicokinetics or toxicity of 3-MCPD esters are rather scarce, but the data are needed to assess possible health risks human.
Following a request from the European Commission in March 2008, EFSA adopted a written declaration, which emphasized the need for further studies on the toxicity and toxicokinetics of 3-MCPD esters.

EFSA has launched a database of knowledge on 3-MCPD esters

http://www.efsa.europa.eu/it/scdocs/scdoc/1048.htm "

Ref EFSA ( http://www.efsa.europa.eu/it/topics/topic/monochloropropane.htm )
limits currently under for the most significant contaminants are included in the Regulations n.1881/2006, as amended.
limits are established for: nitrates, mycotoxins (aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, patulin, deoxynivalenol, zearalenone, fumonisins), metals (lead, cadmium, mercury, tin), MCPD, dioxins and PCBs and PAHs (benzopyrene) on matrices of origin animals and plants. Specific provisions are provided for sampling and analysis in view of the food matrix and the contaminant.
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 333/2007 of 28 March 2007 "on methods of sampling and analysis for the control of the levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, inorganic tin, 3-MCPD and benzo (a) pyrene in foodstuffs "

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-HAPPY MEAL (no happy meal gift and salmonella)

They want to take my gift from my HAPPY MEAL (Happy Meal) ... and tell me that there's salmonella in burgers! :-(
... ... the Happy Meal for certain situations for me is a fast and convenient way ... with 4 € you happy with the baby paninetto, of carrots or potatoes, fruit, drinking and even a simple play. Now tell me that I remove the play and read on the web that scared the Hamburger from Italy and distributed in France have had salmonella.
Now ... " To combat childhood obesity in San Francisco will be banned games in the Happy Meal, [][//] ... ... you can only give toys for meals less than 600 calories, with less than 35% fat and less than 500 mg sodium.
Meals for children should include more fruits and vegetables. The rule will come into force in December 2011 but is causing numerous complaints. [...] "
... I think that it is to educate parents on the health of their children with the support of local governments. also read on the Web that "more than 100 students in France (the region of Poitiers) were infected with Salmonella after eating contaminated hamburgers at school (press Vienne prefecture of print) "The Salmonella appears to be from frozen chopped steaks manufactured by an Italian company and distributed in France.
Source http://www.tgcom.mediaset.it/ and eFoodAlert.com Contact: Regional Agency for Health Rhone-Alpes Region Departmental Delegation of Ain

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Mozzarella Blue Alert (update)

The Ministry of Health states that the problem today , was found only on mozzarella produced in Germany by the firm Milchwerke JAGER GMBH & Co.
With regard to the possible causes have been asked an opinion Institute of Health. Today
were made several assumptions, which must be demonstrated by laboratory tests.
in general seems to be a biological contaminant, such as Pseudomonas fluorescens, gram negative bacterium, which is not pathogenic.
The research, however, been extended to caution, to chemicals of various kinds and in particular environmental situations change their color.

Currently there are no indications of risk to the consumer. The product, now, is not suitable for human consumption because the characteristics identified are not typical of the food, art. 14 para 5 EC Regulation 178/2002

When the organoleptic characteristics such as color, smell, texture of the various products differs from the norm can be altered in place. In this specific case, the subject of mozzarella alert have a characteristic blue color
source ... the Ministry of Health