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June 11/2021
New project funding for Strontium isotope method development
The Finnish Food Authority is launching a research project which will enable first steps towards a method for identifying the origin of food by using Strontium isotope analysis. The purpose of the…
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May 12/2021
Research seminar 15.6.2021 at 15-15.45: Finland’s strengths and future priorities in food research and innovation
Reseach professor Nesli Sözer (VTT) discusses Finland's food research and innovation strategy. After the presentation the audience has an opportunity to ask questions and discuss the topic. The…
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March 24/2021
The Finnish Food Authority participates in the Year of Research-Based Knowledge
The Year of Research-Based Knowledge 2021 is a national project implemented by the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Academy of Finland and the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies in…
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February 5/2021
A European platform will pave the way forward towards a closer collaboration in food safety
Safe and nutritious food is key to sustaining life and promoting good health, yet the current EU food safety system falters when a need to quickly adapt to a continuously evolving food chain arises.…
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January 8/2021
New findings on how strontium enters humans and on mobility from research at the medieval Hamina cemetery in Ii
A recent study published in the scientific journal Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences examines human mobility at the Hamina cemetery in the community of Ii in the 15th and 16th centuries. It…
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January 7/2021
New theory: dogs were domesticated because they were able to take advantage of higher levels of protein consumption than humans
The domestication of wolves into dogs was only possible in cold climates, according to a recent study published in Scientific Reports. Dogs were the only species known to have been domesticated by…
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November 19/2020
A dissertation about viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus surveillance in Finnish brackish water fish farms has been published in the series Finnish Food Authority Research Reports
Head of Production and Companion Animal Pathology Section Pia Vennerström (DVM, Specialist in Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Animal Diseases) from the Finnish Food Authority will defend her doctoral…
A dissertation about viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus surveillance in Finnish brackish water fish farms has been published in the series Finnish Food Authority Research Reports -
October 14/2020
Finnish children are not at risk from exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons through foods
The Finnish Food Authority has made an evaluation of the exposure of children to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs. PAHs are carcinogenic compounds formed during combustion. According to the…
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September 23/2020
Safe working methods needed to protect against Legionella
The Finnish Food Authority and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) found Legionella bacteria in a variety of growing media, compost and digestate samples. Illness caused by Legionella…
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April 27/2020
Eating habits affect the intake of heavy metals
The national risk assessment by the Finnish Food Authority specifies the estimated amounts of exposure of consumers that were previously published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) at the…
Eating habits affect the intake of heavy metals