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'War' on food bacteria
07-Oct-2002 - In the UK, Alaska Food Diagnostics, a joint venture between Circus Capital and DSTL, is using Ministry of Defence technology to develop a rapid test...
Britain urged to throw off the yolk of egg myths
04-Oct-2002 - The British Egg Industry Council (BEIC) is urging consumers in the UK to forget the old wives' tales about eggs and listen instead to the...
'Friendly' bacteria to get the genome treatment
04-Oct-2002 - Three dozen scientists from across the US will meet later this month to examine the genomes of lactic acid bacteria, the so-called 'friendly' bacteria which...
American kids fatter than ever, finds report
03-Oct-2002 - Childhood obesity rates have reached staggering levels and obesity has nearly surpassed smoking as the leading cause of preventable death among Americans, according to a...
McDo criticised for failing to act on antibiotics
03-Oct-2002 - McDonald's, the world's largest fast food hamburger chain, has frequently faced the wrath of scientists and health professionals over the quality of its food, and...
Question mark over calcium-enriched foods
02-Oct-2002 - Studies presented at the annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology, suggest that calcium-fortified foods may hinder...
Better bone-building vitamin D discovered
01-Oct-2002 - A novel form of vitamin D has been shown to grow bone in the lab and in experimental animals, a result scientists claim could have...
Thumbs up for Central Soya protein
01-Oct-2002 - US soy processor Central Soya reported that a study carried out by researchers at the University of Massachusetts shows that consumption of Alpha protein, a...
'Extremely small' risk to humans from antibiotics in animals
30-Sep-2002 - The use of synthetic growth hormones and antibiotics in animals destined for the food chain has been a source of much debate in recent years,...
Scientists get to the root of celiac disease
30-Sep-2002 - A team of investigators led by Stanford University researchers have discovered the cause and a potential treatment for celiac sprue, an autoimmune disease that leads...
Soy and HRT - the truth?
27-Sep-2002 - Both soy supplements and hormone replacement therapy appear to improve risk factors for heart disease in women with diabetes, according to a report by USA...
Gelatine replacer from Cerestar
27-Sep-2002 - Starch and starch derivatives manufacturer Cerestar, recently taken over by US agri-business Cargill, said this week that it has developed a new gelatine replacement, targeting...
Food science provides the answers
27-Sep-2002 - Arguably, consumer preferences are currently moving towards easily prepared food, less severely processed food (vitamins and nutrients preserved), natural food (without preservatives and other artificial...
Mathematics, microbiology and food security
26-Sep-2002 - The 13th congress on food microbiology, held in Bilbao, Spain last week, amassed 400 congress members together to discuss the issue of food security. The...
Green tea to combat disease, more evidence
26-Sep-2002 - Solid evidence is mounting that drinking tea can prevent cell damage that leads to cancer, heart disease and perhaps other ills, scientists said on Tuesday....
Blackcurrants to blast kidney stones?
26-Sep-2002 - More evidence to suggest the health benefits of cranberry juice were revealed this week by researchers in Germany. Setting out to evaluate the influence of...
Head found for FDA
26-Sep-2002 - A White House health policy adviser on the American President's Council of Economic Advisers has been chosen to fill the role, empty since January 2001,...
Starch pathway in maize lacks diversity
25-Sep-2002 - In the first look at the molecular diversity of the starch pathway in maize, researchers at the North Carolina State University have found that -...
Skip the seafood?
25-Sep-2002 - Eating too much seafood, which can contain high levels of the toxic substance mercury, could be linked to an increased risk of infertility in men...
Manufacturers tackle trans fatty acids
25-Sep-2002 - Food manufacturers are increasingly coming under pressure from consumer groups for the use of trans fatty acids, a type of fat linked to heart disease,...
Family unit to promote good health
25-Sep-2002 - The days when the family unit gathered around the breakfast table to share the first meal of the day are fast disappearing into the history...
Soy to beat breast cancer
24-Sep-2002 - One more piece of evidence hailing the health benefits of soy joined the already considerable volume this week when scientists suggested that consuming tofu and...
High cholesterol link to altered metabolisms and child obesity
24-Sep-2002 - Overweight children could be eating their way into problems - no news there. But an increasing body of scientific literature suggests that obesity precedes the...
All gone pear-shaped
24-Sep-2002 - The mysteries of pear-shaped fruits and vegetables appear to have been revealed. Scientists in the US have found that disabling one gene in a tomato...
Organic sweetener from Cerestar
23-Sep-2002 - French starch company Cerestar, recently taken over by US agribusiness giant Cargill, has launched a range of new organic sweeteners that target the bio-organic processed...
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