Archives for February 12, 2002

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High pressure to kill foodborne germs

Scientists are using water under very high pressure - starting at about 37,000 pounds per square inch - to kill germs that may damage food or cause illness.

Thai food firms ride the storm

Food firms outperformed the Thai stock market in 2001 as their cheap, essential products rode out the global economic slowdown and analysts said good dividends and growth in key markets made them attractive again this year, according to a Reuters...

Sports nutrition products: Italian position blocks free trade

The European Commission has taken the Italian authorities to the European Court of Justice over its regulations governing sports nutrition products. The Commission said that the Italian rules are a barrier to free trade within the Union. The...

Amino acid residues lead to poultry disease

Scientists in the US claim to have discovered the molecular keys to the serious poultry disease, Gumboro disease. Researchers at the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute and the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine...

Food Ingredients Nestlé recalls chicken base

The Food Ingredient Specialties business of Nestle USA, a subsidiary of European food company Nestle, voluntarily recalled 144,000 pounds of chicken base refrigerated products because the allergen whey protein was not listed on the label, the US...

Battered Snow Brand sees shares soar

Shares in Japan's scandal-racked Snow Brand Milk Products Co soared in Tuesday trade after a weekend report that the company might form an alliance with three domestic dairy operators.