Food Poisoning Cases Underreported

Food safety specialists say that food poisoning reporting to a doctor is an important step in improving food safety.


You’ve probably heard of norovirus, salmonella and E. coli, but would you know if you were sick with one of these foodborne illnesses? A Kansas State University food...
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Nanoparticles From Dietary Supplement Drinks Likely To Reach Environment

A new study now suggests that nanomaterials in food and drinks could interfere with digestive cells and lead to the release of the potentially harmful substances to the environment.


Nanoparticles are becoming ubiquitous in food packaging, personal care products and are even being added to food...
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No Link Found Between Soy Food And Endometrial Cancer Risk

A new study says there is no evidence of a protective association between soy food and endometrial cancer risk.


Researchers have found no evidence of a protective association between soy food and endometrial cancer risk, says a new study published in BJOG: An International Journal of...
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Novel Packaging System Wins Kaye Innovation Award

Students at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered a way to attack bacteria on food packaging. Using a novel packaging system to disrupt those bacteria, their invention has huge commercial potential.
 
Preventing microbial contamination of food packaging: graduate student and...
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Antioxidants Extracted From Grape Seeds And Skin

A new study finds a new possible use for grape leftovers. Soaking muscadine grape seeds or skins in a solution of enzymes can boost antioxidants extracted from the fruit.


Soaking muscadine grape seeds or skins in a solution of enzymes can boost antioxidants extracted from the fruit, creating...
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American Retailer To Increase Food Safety Spending Safety In China

Wal-Mart Stores Inc will increase its spending on food safety in China to 300 million yuan ($48.32 million) in 2013, 2014 and 2015, up from a previously-announced 100 million yuan in the same period. Wal-Mart’s chief compliance officer for China, Paul Gallemore, said the Bentonville,...
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Researchers Develop Better Methods To Detect E. coli

Kansas State University diagnosticians are helping the cattle industry save millions of dollars each year by developing earlier and accurate detection of E. coli.


Lance Noll, master’s student in veterinary biomedical science, Greensburg; T.G. Nagaraja, university distinguished professor ...
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Toxic Chemical Pollution Of European Waters Is Greater Than Assumed

Large-scale study shows that ecological targets of the Water Framework Directive will presumably not be met.
 
Agriculture is responsible for the major part of the input of chemicals into streams and rivers. Pesticides dominate the chemical burden of freshwater ecosystems.Credit: André ...
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Livestock Gut Microbes Contributing to Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Researchers deployed high throughput DNA sequencing and specialized analysis techniques to explore the contents of the rumens of sheep to see what role ruminant “microbiomes” (the microbes living in the rumen) play in the greenhouse gas emissions.


Increased to levels unprecedented” is how the I...
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Food Safety Week Raises Awareness Of Food Poisoning

Food Safety Week organised by the Food Standards Agency highlights risks of food poisoning and looks to raise awareness of the risk of spreading Campylobacter through washing raw chicken. The campaign runs until Sunday, June 22.
Campylobacter is the most common cause of food poisoning in the...
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Wheat Production Threatened By More Frequent Extreme And Adverse Weather Conditions

Researchers have studied the risks to wheat crops caused by climate change in the ongoing CropM / FACCE MACSUR project.


European wheat production areas have to prepare for greater harvest losses in the future when global warming will lead to increased drought and heat waves in southern Europe, ...
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Caffeine Affects Children Differently After Puberty

A new study finds that boys and girls, after puberty, experience different heart rate and blood pressure changes after consuming caffeine.


Caffeine intake by children and adolescents has been rising for decades, due in large part to the popularity of caffeinated sodas and energy drinks, which...
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Broccoli Sprout Beverage Enhances Detoxification of Air Pollutants

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health working with Chinese institutions found that daily consumption of a half cup of broccoli sprout beverage increased the rate of excretion of the carcinogen benzene. Findings could pave way for inexpensive food-based preventive...
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Future Food Production Run By Robotics

Scientists from the University of Lincoln are co-organising an international workshop with the aim of bringing together both academic and industrial communities to discuss recent advances in robotic applications for agriculture and horticulture.
 
Credit: Gary Meek

A team of computer...
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Emprendedor Del Tec Transforma Huesos De Aguacate En Bioplástico

Se estima que a nivel mundial más del 60 por ciento de los bioplásticos se elaboran a partir de fuentes potenciales de alimento, como el maíz o la papa. Por ello y debido a que en México esta industria es incipiente, un estudiante del Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Mont...
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Obtienen Sustancias Agroindustriales De Plantas Nativas En Yucatán

Los aromas y sabores que se perciben de las plantas se deben principalmente a la presencia de aceites esenciales, sustancias que sirven como materia prima en la industria química o cosmética, ante este panorama el Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán (CICY) estudió 20 especies nativas ...
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EU Celebrates 35 Years Of RASFF System

Launched 35 years ago, Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) as a network that facilitates the cross-border flow of information between its members and plays a key role in ensuring a high level of food safety for Europe’s citizens has come a long way from its humble...
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How Food Marketing Creates A False Sense Of Health

A new research study conducted by scholars at the University of Houston finds that health-related words, such as “antioxidant,” “gluten-free” and “whole grain,” make consumers thinking that those products are healthier.


Health-related buzzwords, such as “antioxidant,” “gluten-free” and “whole g...
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Canola Oil Beneficial For People With Type 2 Diabetes

A new research from St. Michael’s Hospital found that those on canola bread diet saw both a reduction in blood glucose levels and significant reduction in LDL cholesterol.


Canola is Canada’s oil and new research from St. Michael’s Hospital suggests it should also be one of...
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Researchers To Help Rice Farmers

Researchers of the GEOTEC research group of the Universitat Jaume I have developed high tech solutions to help Valencian rice sector improve the efficiency and yield of their rice cultivation.


The European rice cultivation sector represents a value of about 700 million EURO’s per year. With a...
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