Farmed Salmon Pose Threats To Wild Gene Pools

Farmed salmon show full reproductive potential to invade wild gene pools and should be sterilised – according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Findings reveal that, while farmed salmon are genetically different to their wild counterparts, they are just as...
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Agroforestry Can Ensure Food Security And Mitigate The Effects Of Climate Change In Africa

Agroforestry can help to achieve climate change mitigation and adaptation while at the same time providing livelihoods for poor smallholder farmers in Africa.
Scientists at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) say agroforestry – which is an integrated land use management technique that...
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In Grasslands Remade By Humans, Animals May Protect Biodiversity

A comparative study of grasslands on six continents suggests there may be a way to counteract the human-made overdose of fertilizer that threatens to permanently alter the biodiversity of the world’s native prairies.
The solution is one that nature devised: let grazing animals crop the...
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The Five-Second Food Rule Exists, Researchers Prove

Food picked up just a few seconds after being dropped is less likely to contain bacteria than if it is left for longer periods of time, according to the findings of research carried out at Aston University’s School of Life and Health Sciences.
The findings suggest there may be some scientific b...
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Healthy Dietary Choices In Midlife May Prevent Dementia

Healthy dietary choices in midlife may prevent dementia in later years, according a doctoral thesis published at the University of Eastern Finland. The results showed that those who ate the healthiest diet at the average age of 50 had an almost 90 per cent lower risk of dementia in a 14-year...
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Sucralose Is A Biologically Active Compound

The artificial sweetener sucralose is a biologically active compound according to an extensive review published by Taylor & Francis in the recent issue of Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B: Critical Reviews.  “Sucralose, A Synthetic Organochlorine Sweetener: Overview Of...
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Nature Could Clean Up Itself After Oil Spills

Norwegian researchers in Trondheim have achieved surprising results by exploiting nature’s own ability to clean up after oil spills.
We all know that marine bacteria can assist in cleaning up after oil spills. What is surprising is that given the right kind of encouragement, they can be...
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Service Is Key To Winery Sales

To buy, or not to buy? That is the question for the more than 5 million annual visitors to New York’s wineries. Cornell University researchers found that customer service is the most important factor in boosting tasting room sales, but sensory descriptions of what flavors consumers might d...
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Understanding Consumer Responses To Health Claims

Health claims and symbols on food products could improve public health. At least, that is according to consumer researchers. But how they can best do that as effectively as possible is still a mystery. The EU-funded project CLYMBOL hopes to have the answer by the time it is completed in 2...
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Fisheries Affected More By Over Demanding Market Than Climate Change

Fisheries that rely on short life species, such as shrimp or sardine, have been more affected by climate change, because this phenomenon affects chlorophyll production, which is vital for phytoplankton, the main food for both species.
Disclosed by the research “Socioeconomic Impact of the gl...
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International Partnership To Promote Sustainable Fishing And Tourism Launched

A €300,000 international partnership to promote sustainable fishing and tourism in the UK and parts of Europe is being led by the University of Greenwich.
Known as TourFish, or Tourism for inshore fishing, food and sustainability, the partnership brings together two existing European projects f...
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Traffic-Related Air Pollution Associated With Changes In Right Ventricular Structure And Function

Exposure to high levels of traffic-related air pollution is associated with changes in the right ventricle of the heart that may contribute to the known connection between air pollution exposure and heart disease, according to a new study.
“Although the link between traffic-related air...
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Research Into Sustainability Within Supply Chains

Researchers from the University of Huddersfield are working with leading companies to help them ensure that supply chains remain intact in a world beset by risks that range from extremes of climate to economic upheaval and political unrest.
Professor Dani states that companies need to be...
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New Discovery Improves Checking Toxicity Of Mussels

A new discovery made at the University of Oslo, Norway, can make it far easier to check whether mussels are poisonous.


Poisonous mussels contain the extremely dangerous and paralyzing neurotoxin saxitoxin. This neurotoxin is the cause of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP). The first symptoms...
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Hidden Variation Of Bacteria In The Gut Unravelled

Our intestines harbour an astronomical number of bacteria, around 100 times the number of cells in our body, known as the gut microbiota. These bacteria belong to thousands of species that co-exist, interact with each other and are key to our health. While it is clear that species imbalances...
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RASFF Food Alerts, Week 10

Here is the summary of food alerts issued by Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) last week
On 04/03/2014, Salmonella infantis (presence /25g) was discovered in chilled chicken breast fillet from Italy. The product was distributed to Denmark. RASFF reference No.: 2014.0290.
On...
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Microdosing Fertilizer Improves Productivity For Less Money

Crop yields in the fragile semi-arid areas of Zimbabwe have been declining over time due to a decline in soil fertility resulting from mono-cropping, lack of fertilizer, and other factors. In collaboration with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT),...
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Good Hospital Food Safety Measures Minimize Risk To Food Handlers, Staff And Patients

A new study found more than 80 percent of raw chicken used in hospitals in food for patients and staff was contaminated with a form of antibiotic resistant bacteria called extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing E. coli. While sufficient preparation eliminated the presence of ...
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Salmonella Unlikely to Cause Food Poisoning When Eating Unbaked Cake

Making a cake, licking a spoon, eating raw dough or consuming some of the uncooked mixture, have you ever thought of food poisoning caused by bacteria in raw eggs?
It might be a bit of a relief as Salmonella is unlikely to cause the food poisoning when enjoying eating, licking your unbaked...
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50 Years Of Studying Diet, Lifestyle Related To Cardiovascular Diseases In One Spot

At the 50th anniversary of the Seven Countries Study (SCS) a website with all kind of information about this study is launched. The Seven Countries Study explored in detail the associations of diet, lifestyle, other risk factors and cardiovascular diseases between and within populations. The...
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