The INC has launched the 9th edition of the Annual Call for Research Projects (up to €300,000). The objective of this grant is to fund clinical, epidemiological, basic and/or strategic research that may contribute to enhance the understanding of the health effects of nuts and dried fruits.

The Asian Congress of Nutrition is held every four years to promote nutrition and food innovation, and to encourage scientific interchange among food, nutrition and health researchers and professionals in Asia and worldwide. The 13th edition was recently held in Bali, Indonesia, on August 4-7.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has established tolerances for residues of sulfoxaflor in or on multiple commodities.

AENOR, the Spanish standardization body responsible for the publication of the National Standards UNE, has certified an environmental product declaration on Spanish almond kernels, according to the Standard UNE-EN-ISO 14025.

In April 2019, the United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Yemen notified the Word Trade Organization of the amendments on the Gulf Draft Technical Regulation for "Contaminants and toxins in food and feed".

On June 26, 2019, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published the 2017 European Union Report on Pesticide Residues in Food, finding that 95.9% of the samples analyzed (88,247 samples) fell within legal limits; around 54.1% were free of any quantifiable residues.

The European Commission published a report that describes the outcome of an audit carried out in Turkey, November 19-29, 2018, with the aim of assessing if the systems in place to control aflatoxin contamination in dried figs intended for export to the European Union (EU) are adequate.

A recent INC-funded study, published in the journal Communications Biology[1], showed that some nuts such as walnuts and hazelnuts may help improve the metabolic profile of fat cells. The study also revealed novel anti-inflammatory functions of these nuts.

A recent INC-funded study, published in the journal Communications Biology[1], showed that some nuts such as walnuts and hazelnuts may help improve the metabolic profile of fat cells. The study also revealed novel anti-inflammatory functions of these nuts.

21 INC members from 15 countries will be at the INC Pavilion in the world’s largest trade fair for food and beverages in Cologne from October 5 to 9.