Good start for Carrefour
Carrefour, Europe's biggest food retailer, continued to improve its market dominance in the first quarter of 2003, but sales were once again impacted by currency problems in Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe.
Archives for April 13, 2003
Scientists unravel wheat genome
Entente cordiale between leaders in France and Great Britain may well have been strained in recent weeks over the war in Iraq, but elsewhere, in laboratories in the UK and France, scientists have shown a united front in their aim to construct the...
New tools to toxic bacteria
New methods for the detection of enterotoxins from Bacillus cereus have been developed by European scientists. The discovery paves the way for the identification of genes responsible for the production of emetic toxins (vomiting toxins).
Diets go nuts
How exactly do peanuts contribute to preventing cardiovascular disease? A new study from the US finds that peanuts may improve total diet quality by increasing a number of nutrients.
Food retailers embrace the electronic age
Companies across the food retailing sector are making good progress with their use of new technologies and demonstrating the importance of IT within their operations, according to the latest research from CIES - The Food Business Forum.
Ochratoxin A and DNA damage
How, and why, can exposure to ochratoxin A result in DNA damage and tumour induction? A new EU-funded project at the university of Würzburg in Germany, will aim to answer these questions.