Cow Manure Contains New Antibiotic Resistance Genes

Cows manure contains newly identified antibiotic resistance genes from the cows’ gut bacteria that transfer to bacteria in the soils where food is grown.


Manure from dairy cows, which is commonly used as a farm soil fertilizer, contains a surprising number of newly identified antibiotic...
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Possible Changes In Appetite, Taste Of Food After Gastric Bypass Surgery

It’s been reported by patients after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery that they experienced changes in appetite, taste and smell of food.


Changes in appetite, taste and smell are par for the course for people who have undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery during which one’s stomach i...
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Campden BRI To Support Qatar In Improving Food Safety

Qatar has implemented an ambitious programme to improve food safety, emphasising the need to take a “risk-based approach”. The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) in association with UK-based Campden BRI has started training programme for more than 250 food inspectors to impart them with a “high leve...
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Functional Food Trends for 2014

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) published insights on the top 10 functional food trends for 2014. Contributing Editor A. Elizabeth Sloan gathered data from a multitude of industry resources to come up with the following trends.
Specialty Nutritionals: Consumers who once relied ...
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Computer Systems To Control Climatic Variables For Greenhouses

Researchers from the Mexican Autonomous University of Zacatecas have developed computer systems to control climatic variables within greenhouses.


Agricultural and fruit producers could acquire high-tech greenhouses at a considerably less cost, thanks to experts from the Autonomous University...
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Processed Meat Linked To Increased Risk Of Colorectal Cancer

A new study found that eating processed meat is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer and for about a third of the general population who carry this genetic variant.


A common genetic variant that affects one in three people appears to significantly increase the risk of...
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New Sponsor of Global Food Traceability Center

Trace One Inc. has joined 16 partners in sponsoring IFT’s Global Food Traceability Center. TheCenter will assist companies to better trace the paths of products through the supply chain to improve food safety,


The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) announced that Trace One Inc. has signed on...
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Edible Flowers May Prevent Chronic Diseases

A new research found that common edible flowers in China are rich in phenolics and have excellent antioxidant capacity.


a new study in the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), found that common edible flowers in China are rich in phenolics and have...
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Maternal Diet Impacts Children Food Allergies

More than 20 million Europeans are affected with food allergies. A new study is expected to uncover causes of allergy in children. Researchers evaluate maternal diet’s impact on food allergy in later life.


Scientists are looking at the allergies in new ways. It involves the food industry in i...
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RASFF Food Alerts, Week 16

Here is the summary of food alerts issued by Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) last week
On 17/04/2014, hepatitis A virus (presence) was detected in frozen mussels (Ruditapes decussatus) from Tunisia. The product was distributed to Italy. RASFF reference No.: 2014.0528.
On 14/04/2014,...
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Shade Grown Coffee Has Fallen By Nearly 20 Percent

A new study shows that shade grown coffee has fallen by nearly 20 percent globally since 1996. Preferred intensive style of coffee farming may have a negative effect on the environment, communities and individual farmers.


The proportion of land used to cultivate shade grown coffee, relative to...
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FSA Launches Lamb Meat Tests

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched an additional programme of priority testing of lamb dishes from takeaway restaurants across the UK following evidence of ongoing substitution of lamb for cheaper meats such as beef and chicken. Businesses could face prosecution if food is found to...
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Fish Consumption Advisories Fail To Cover All Contaminants

A new study suggests that fish consumption advisories for expecting mothers are ineffective in reducing infant exposure to long-lived contaminants like persistent organic pollutants (POPs).


The study, performed by a team of researchers including University of Toronto Scarborough PhD student...
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Food Shortages Can Be Serious Issues By 2050

Scientists suggest that food shortages will be critical issues from 2050. Food production will be limited on a global scale by the availability of land, water and energy.


The world is less than 40 years away from a food shortage that will have serious implications for people and governments,...
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Was Removing Chocolate Milk From School Menus A Good Idea?

Researchers from the Cornell University prove that removing chocolate milk from elementary school menus has negative consequences.


To some, banning chocolate milk from elementary schools seemed like a good idea, but new Cornell University research shows that removing chocolate milk from school...
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Sainsbury's Recalls SO Organic Sultanas

UNITED KINGDOM – Sainsbury’s is recalling all date codes of its SO Organic Sultanas on a precautionary basis, because salmonella has been found during routine testing. If you have bought this product, do not eat it. Sainsbury’s is recalling the above product and will be displaying recall no...
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Drinking Tube “Glasses” Recalled

IRELAND – Drinking Tube “Glasses” have been recalled because Di (2-Propyl Heptyl) phthalate (DPHP) was detected in the batch of drinking straws shaped as glasses.  DPHP is a phthalate and is not authorised for use in food contact materials in the European Union. The implicated batch is bein...
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Sliced Smoked Salmon and Salmon Steak Mi –Fumé Recalled

FRANCE – King Sea Food is recalling Sliced ​​Smoked Salmon and Salmon Steak Mi –Fumé (Tranches de Saumon Fumé / Pavé de Saumon Mi-Fumé) of the following brands Fjord King, Loste, Nature, Oceane, Safa because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
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A New Method Of Recycling Industrial Waste Water

Scientists at the University of Cologne discover a new method of producing hydrogen. With the aid of this method, it is possible to reclaim an important raw material from industrial waste water.


A research group composed of Dr. Martin Prechtl, Leo Heim and their colleagues at the University of...
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Environmentally Compatible Organic Solar Cells

MatHero project focuses on environmentally compatible production methods for organic solar cells from novel materials. The project aims to make organic solar cells competitive to their inorganic counterparts and to reduce their production costs and increasing their life-time
 
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