DSM earnings improve in Q1
Sales and operating profit improve "considerably" in the first quarter for the food unit of Dutch chemicals and life sciences group DSM, the firm reports.
Archives for April 27, 2005
EU ministers reject GM ingredient, again
European ministers once again throw out a Commission proposal to allow a GM ingredient to flow into the food chain, writes Lindsey Partos.
Moderate alcohol feeds brain, and alcoholism?
Moderate drinking can boost the formation of brain cells, but could also lead to alcoholism, speculate Swedish scientists, reports Lindsey Partos.
Acrylamide, the way forward
European scientists agree that efforts to reduce the potential carcinogen acrylamide from the European food chain must continue, and that science must focus on long-term studies to build a stronger picture of the impact this genotoxic compound can...