A Water Test For the World

Scientists pack a lab into a pill, using an idea inspired by breath-freshening strips. Inspiration can come in many forms, but this one truly was a breath of fresh air.


A group of McMaster researchers has solved the problem of cumbersome, expensive and painfully slow water-testing by turning...
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Safety Tips For Summer Water Baths

Professor Christopher Ohl shares water safety tips for using a community pool, water park, lake or ocean on a hot, summer day.


There is nothing better on a hot, summer day than a refreshing dip in a community pool, water park, lake or ocean.
However, bacteria and parasites can lurk in all...
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Increasing The Diversity Of Raspberries Will Benefit Consumers And Producers

Interest in the health benefits of colorful foods increases within consumers. A new research shows that increasing the diversity of raspberry colors in the market will benefit both consumers and producers.


Raspberries are the third most popular berry in the United States. Their popularity is...
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Bacteria Can Combat Dangerous Natural Gas Leaks

A new UEA research shows that a single bacterial strain (Methylocella silvestris) can grow on both the methane and propane found in natural gas.


bacteria could mop up naturally-occurring and man-made leaks of natural gases before they are released into the atmosphere and cause global warming...
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Novel Method Helps Increasing Sugar Concentration In Tomato Juice

Researchers from Tokyo University of Agriculture found basal wire coiling technique effective in increasing sugar concentration in tomato juice.


To increase the sugar concentration and resulting marketability of tomato juice, growers have traditionally used techniques such as subjecting plants...
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Researchers Investigate New Strategies For Sweet Cherry

Researchers investigated new management strategies such as irrigation and soil management for cold climate sweet cherry. They show that spring weather conditions, variations in cropload affect fruit quality and yield.


Previous research efforts have identified several management strategies to...
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New Study Helps Optimizing Sweetpotato Production

A new study reveals best cultural practices for increasing yield and economic benefits for sweetpotato producers.


As the popularity and convenience of sweetpotato products increases, sweetpotato growers and processors are interested in identifying ways to meet processor’s demands and to...
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Can We Empower Kids To Choose Healthy Foods?

A recent study in the American Medical Association’s journal, Pediatrics, says nearly two-thirds of elementary school children receive a barrage of commercial messages about junk food and are spurred on by money-producing programs such as coupon and voucher incentives sponsored by pizza c...
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Soy Dairy Protein Blend Increases Muscle Mass

A new study shows additional benefits of consuming a blend of soy and dairy proteins after resistance exercise for building muscle mass.


A new study published online in the Journal of Applied Physiology shows additional benefits of consuming a blend of soy and dairy proteins after resistance e...
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Coffee Consumption May Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Increased coffee consumption each day by more than one cup over a four-year period had a 11% lower risk for type 2 diabetes than those who made no changes to their coffee consumption


People who increased the amount of coffee they drank each day by more than one cup over a four-year period had...
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RASFF Food Alerts, Week 17

Here is the summary of food alerts issued by Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) last week
On 25/04/2014, Salmonella enteritidis (presence /25g) was detected in frozen and chilled poultry meat and meat products processed in Poland, with raw material from Slovakia. The product was...
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Why What We Eat Matters

A new report quantifies for the first time how much our food choices affect pollutant nitrogen emissions, climate change and land-use across Europe.


The executive summary of the European Nitrogen Assessment Special Report on Nitrogen and Food, ‘Nitrogen on the Table’, was released...
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Allotments Yield Food And Healthy Soil

Soils under Britain’s allotments are significantly healthier than intensively farmed soils, researchers have found.


This is the first study to show that by growing at small-scale in urban areas, it is possible to produce food sustainably without damaging the soil.
As a result of the...
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Proponen Descontaminar Suelos Con Bacterias De Lácteos

Científicos de la Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (UAZ), en colaboración con expertos del Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos, en Buenos Aires, Argentina, buscan hacer uso de colonias de bacterias conocidas como Lactobacillus bulgaricus (conocidas popularmente ...
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Plants Put Out A Welcome Mat To Bacteria Seeking To Invade

Common plants put out a welcome mat to bacteria seeking to invade, and scientists have discovered the mat’s molecular mix.


A new study reveals new targets during the battle between microbe and host that researchers can exploit to protect plants. The study published in the Proceedings of...
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Apricots And Peaches Affected By Late Freeze

A recent study shows that late freeze kills fruit buds. Apricots and peaches are most likely to be affected since they bloom earlier than other fruits


The recent late cold snap could mean less fruit this year.
“If we had a tree or even some sort of small fruit bush that was in flower, it...
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Saint Eloi Chez Intermarche Asperges Vertes Recalled

FRANCE – ITM International Food is recalling Saint Eloi Chez Intermarche Asperges Vertes (Green Asparagus) because the product may be contaminated with pieces of glass.
The recalled product is Saint Eloi Chez Intermarche Asperges Vertes (Green Asparagus) packaged in 370 ml jars, 12-22...
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La Ferme Grodent Recalls Farm Butter

BELGIUM – La Ferme Grodent is recalling farm butter (Beurre de Ferme) because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Listeria monocytogenes can be dangerous for young children, pregnant women, people with lower immunity and the elderly people. Possible poisoning...
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VitaSeege Ltd Recalls Soybean Meal

FINLAND – VitaSeege Ltd is recalling VegeSun Dark Soybean meal 500 g (Soijarouheessa) because a manufacturer stated on that the product is gluten free, however the product contains more than 20mg/kg of gluten. Therefore the product may pose a risk to people who are allergic or intolerant...
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Plants Invite Bacteria To Attack

A new study finds that plants send out signals attracting harmful bacteria. Bacteria attack once they’ve recognized the plant cells as a potential host.


When bacteria attack plants, they often inject harmful proteins into the host plants’ cells to weaken and suppress natural defenses. However, ...
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