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Tracing meat with clever chips

Tracing meat with clever chips

A test has been developed that can reveal the presence of meat from
32 different kinds of animal species. The DNA-based scheme is
currently being examined by European food regulatory bodies as a
possible means of ensuring that a food...

Panning for golden genes

Panning for golden genes

Food products made with GM maize could soon be on the European
supermarket shelves despite the cynical consumer if policy-makers,
soon to take a decision on the sale of Syngenta's Bt11 GM maize ,
take a yes vote. A recent breakthrough...

An alternative to GM food?

An alternative to GM food?

Low-saturated fat foods, enhanced flavours, foods without allergens
- all this is possible without any tampering of DNA material. US
company Anawah has received several million dollars to support
their work that combines molecular...

New tools to toxic bacteria

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).

Sticky rice evolves

Sticky rice evolves

A study by two North Carolina State University geneticists is
tracing the origin and evolution of a genetic mutation that long
ago led to the creation of a type of rice known as glutinous, or
"sticky," rice.

An end to kitchen tears

An end to kitchen tears

Genetically modified foods, currently fuelling fiery debates across
the world, could help to make the life of the cook more pleasant.
In a new study from Japan, researchers claim to have identified the
enzyme that releases a tear-duct-tickling...

Fighting pathogens

Fighting pathogens

DuPont Qualicon has appointed UK-based company Oxoid as
distributors in Europe and Australia for its BAX system, an
automated testing platform for food-borne pathogens.

GM foods traced to the gut?

GM foods traced to the gut?

A series of research projects from the UK Food Standards Agency
have concluded that "it is extremely unlikely that genes from
genetically modified (GM) food can end up in bacteria in the gut of
people who eat them," the...

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