Monday, 17 February 2014

Consumers Confused By Contradictory Nutrition News

Exposure to conflicting news about the health benefits of certain foods, vitamins and supplements often results in confusion and backlash against nutrition recommendations, finds a recent study in the Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives.
This confusion and backlash may ...
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Look To Heart Shaped Foods To Protect Your Heart

What to eat to keep your heart healthy? While some dietitians extol the virtues of red wine, dark chocolate and salmon for heart health, Katie Eliot, Ph.D., assistant professor of nutrition and dietetics at Saint Louis University, has a different plan.
Keep it simple. Look to heart shaped foods...
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Love Is In The Water?

Salmon can spot their true love across a crowded stream, according to research from a university-industry partnership involving the University of Waterloo. Allowing female salmon to follow their heart and mate with the male of their choice produces healthier babies than those who have their...
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Arctic Biodiversity Under Serious Threat From Climate Change

Unique and irreplaceable Arctic wildlife and landscapes are crucially at risk due to global warming caused by human activities according to the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA), a new report prepared by 253 scientists from 15 countries under the auspices of the Conservation of Arctic Flora...
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Making Biodiverse Agriculture Part Of A Food-Secure Future

Given the need to feed an estimated 2.4 billion more people by the year 2050, the drive toward large-scale, single-crop farming around the world may seem inexorable.
But there’s an important downside to this trend, argues Timothy Johns, Professor of Human Nutrition at McGill University in...
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How Bacteria Build A Successful Relationship With Us

Communication is vital to any successful relationship. Researchers from the Institute of Food Research and the University of East Anglia have discovered how the beneficial bacteria in our guts communicate with our own cells.
This is a key step in understanding how our bodies maintain a close...
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RASFF Food Alerts, Week 7

Here is the summary of food alerts issued by Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) last week.
On 13/02/2014, norovirus (GG I and GG II) was identified in chilled oysters (Crassostrea Gigas) from the Netherlands. The product was distributed to Denmark. RASFF reference No.: 2014.0218.
On...
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Sunday, 16 February 2014

Black Raspberry Candies Find The Sweet Spot For Cancer Prevention

Whether it’s a plate or pyramid, healthy eating guidelines always give fruits and vegetables center stage – and for good reason: they contain critical nutrients that the human body needs and that experts think may help prevent illnesses like cancer, diabetes and heart disease.
The research aro...
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Genetic Chip To Boost Atlantic Salmon Production

Atlantic salmon production could be boosted by a new technology that will help select the best fish for breeding.
The development will enable salmon breeders to improve the quality of their stock and its resistance to disease.
A chip loaded with hundreds of thousands of pieces of DNA – each h...
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Saturday, 15 February 2014

Carrefour Discount Roquefort Recalled

FRANCE – Carrefour Discount Roquefort has been recalled because the product may be contaminated with E. coli.
E. coli is the name of a germ, or bacterium that lives in the digestive tracts of humans and animals. E. coli is short for the medical term Escherichia coli. E. coli normally lives ...
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Vejle Seafood A/S Recalls Ocean Sea Trout Fillets

THE NETHERLANDS – Vejle Seafood A/S is recalling Ocean Sea Trout Fillets garlic (Ocean Sea Forellen Filets knoflook) because the product due to production error has been labelled with incorrect Expiry Date 14/12/2014. The correct date should read 14/02/2014.
The recalled product is Ocean...
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Milka Luflee Caramel Chocolate Withdrawn

FINLAND – Mondelez Finland Oy is withdrawing Luflee Milka Caramel milk chocolate because the list of ingredients has not been included in the Finnish and Swedish. The product contains milk, hazelnut and soy and therefore may pose a hazard to people who allergic to the milk, hazelnut and...
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Friday, 14 February 2014

Asda Withdraws 4 Breaded Alaska Pollock Fillets

UNITED KINGDOM – Asda has withdrawn its 4 Breaded Alaska Pollock Fillets with a use-by date of 19 February 2014 because some packs may contain Lightly Dusted River Cobbler, which contains milk. On the product label, the allergen information is incorrect and the presence of milk is not...
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Air Pollution Increases Risk For Hypertension In Pregnant Women

Breathing the air outside their homes may be just as toxic to pregnant women —if not more so — as breathing in cigarette smoke, increasing a mom-to-be’s risk of developing deadly complications such as preeclampsia, according to findings from a new University of Florida study.
UF researchers compa...
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Agrupan A Empresas Para Combatir Basura Y Obtener Ganancias

Reúne emprendedor las mejores tecnologías que transforman los desechos en gas, electricidad y fertilizantes
Cerca de la mitad de la basura orgánica e inorgánica en México termina esparcida en las calles, barrancas y terrenos baldíos, situación que motivó a un emprendedor a desarrollar un proyect...
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Genetic Find Might Lead To Cattle With Increased Resistance To Bovine Tuberculosis

Scientists have identified genetic traits in cattle that might allow farmers to breed livestock with increased resistance to bovine tuberculosis (TB).
The study, which compared the genetic code of TB-infected animals with that of disease-free cattle, could help to impact on a disease that leads...
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Plastic Shopping Bags Can Be Converted Into Diesel Fuel

Plastic shopping bags, an abundant source of litter on land and at sea, can be converted into diesel, natural gas and other useful petroleum products, researchers report.
The conversion produces significantly more energy than it requires and results in transportation fuels – diesel, for example –...
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Carrefour Roquefort Recalled

BELGIUM – Carrefour Belgium is recalling Roquefort 100g because some of the batches may be contaminated with E. coli.
E. coli is the name of a germ, or bacterium that lives in the digestive tracts of humans and animals. E. coli is short for the medical term Escherichia coli. E. coli normally live...
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Asian Longhorned Beetles Pheromone May Help To Control Pest

Female Asian longhorned beetles lure males to their locations by laying down sex-specific pheromone trails on tree surfaces, according to an international team of researchers. The finding could lead to the development of a tool to manage this invasive pest that affects about 25 tree species in...
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What’s On The Consumer’s Mind?

A look around the local grocery store might show images of consumers reading meat labels or checking the expiration date on a gallon of milk. Each consumer has a set of values when making food purchases, and the level of importance placed on each value by consumers allow for food producers and...
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