Invisible Label Will Protect Olive Oil From Counterfeiters

Researchers from ETH have developed an invisible label which could guarantee that expensive olive oil isn’t counterfeit or adulterated.


Who guarantees that expensive olive oil isn’t counterfeit or adulterated? An invisible label, developed by ETH researchers, could perform this...
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Domesticated Chili Pepper Born in Mexico

Researchers from the University of California traced back the origin of the domesticated chili pepper. They report that Central-east Mexico gave birth to the domesticated chili pepper.


Central-east Mexico gave birth to the domesticated chili pepper — now the world’s most widely...
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New Zealand Established Food Safety Assurance Advisory Council

New Zealand Authorities have established a Food Safety and Assurance Advisory Council. The Food Safety and Assurance Advisory Council will provide independent advice to the government on issues relating to food safety.
The council is one of the 29 recommendations of the Government Inquiry into...
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Swedish Kids’ TV Show Promotes High-Calorie and Low-Nutrient Foods

Researchers analysed all foods and drinks presented in the popular Swedish children’s TV show Bolibompa. They found that fruits and vegetables are often displayed but there are also plenty of high-sugar foods.


Fruits and vegetables are often displayed in the popular Swedish children’s TV show B...
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Diarrhea Can Be Entirely Preventable

Researchers say that 179 million cases of acute diarrhea in the US each year are entirely preventable. The main causes of diarrheal infections include norovirus outbreaks and foodborne pathogens, with most coming from contaminated leafy green vegetables.


In the United States, approximately 179...
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Children Are Less Aggressive When Their Food Is Cut Up

A new research , found that when 6-10 year old children ate foods they had to bite with their front teeth they were  rowdier than when these foods had been cut. If you would like your child to behave at the dinner table, cut up their food and they’ll relax.


A new Cornell study published i...
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China Established Expert Committee For Food Safety Risk Communication

Chinese authorities have formed a branch specialized in food safety risk communication with the public. The branch has been established under an expert committee. The expert committee under the State Council’s Food Safety Committee has been set up to better guide decision-making for food...
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Researchers Build Heat Resistant Nanostructures

Researchers at the University of Kentucky have discovered new methods to build heat resistant nanostructures and arrays using RNA. Chemical polymers have seen extensive use in clothing, piping, plastics, containers, bottles, cookware, tools and medical materials.


The research, led by Peixuan G...
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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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