A Chinese lesson in how to avoid horse trading

Dr John Strak, Honorary Professor in Food Economics at The University of Nottingham, says we should look to China for a better way of tracing our food — and to avoid a repeat of the ‘horsemeat scandal’.  The horsemeat scandal in the UK food industry chain isn’t the first example of contamination in the UK’s …

No silver bullet for food security

Dr John Strak, Honorary Professor in Food Economics at The University of Nottingham, on how good communication contributes to food security. Recently I had three days in London listening to an array of speakers from far and wide about the future of farming and where the best investment prospects are in the world for agriculture. …

Chinese pork made safer with an iPhone

Dr John Strak, Honorary Professor in Food Economics at The University of Nottingham, talks food safety and iPhones… Taking food safety to another level Food safety isn’t an issue that suggests compromise but in certain aspects it can be difficult to deliver. In the UK we found this when Mad Cow disease (BSE) was discovered …

China’s growing demand for food

“A debate on food security without the Chinese is like staging Hamlet without the Prince – it makes no sense.” Dr John Strak, Honorary Professor in Food Economics at The University of Nottingham, explores China’s growing demand for food. The latest piece of research from The Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD) in the UK confirms something that …