Color coded pathogens offer safer food formulation
New technology could soon make it cheap and easy to identify food pathogens by tagging them with color-coded probes made out of synthetic tree-shaped DNA.
Archives for June 14, 2005
Scientists kick off global effort to map wheat genome
Unleashing potential gains in quality and sustainability for this common food, scientists will embark on a new project to track the wheat genome.
Solved: The fishy brown egg problem
One of the world's largest chicken breeding companies says it will begin selling stock that does not lay fishy smelling brown eggs, reports Ahmed ElAmin.
Premier sees growth opportunity in meat-alternatives
UK-based Premier Foods will add Quorn, a meat alternative, to its product lineup with an agreement to acquire Marlow Foods from Montagu Private Equity for £172m (€258m).
Software helps labs manage data
Dublin-based Amartus has released an updated version of its TargetWatch SDMS software, an Internet-based data management system for coordinating and securing global research work, reports Ahmed ElAmin.
EU to seek prior approval for food enzymes
A European regulation on food enzymes, which would demand dossiers of safety and technical information on each enzyme prior to their approval on the market, could be published by the Commission by the end of the year, reports Dominique Patton.
Red meat and cancer risk study provokes industry reaction
Large European study supports previous findings that suggests red and processed meat consumption increases the risk of colorectal cancer, fuelling immediate reaction from meat industry that claims the study fails to "prove cause and effect", reports...
Coffee prices to stay under pressure as world supplies fall
Expectations of a fall in global coffee supplies of coffee will keep up pressure on market prices, as fresh figures indicate world coffee production will drop in 2005/06.