(News, 12 Jan 2007 )
Tate & Lyle has invested in Cambridge University spin-out Lumora, a company that has a DNA-based test to detect and quantify food-borne pathogens within a couple of hours. As its first investment, Tate ....
(News, 10 Jan 2007 )
The 20th session of the Codex Committee on Fats and Oils—an international meeting that establishes guidelines on fats and oils—will take place in London from 19-23 February 2007. The meeting will discuss ....
(News, 10 Jan 2007 )
Hematech (a subsidiary of the Kirin Brewery Company) and Kirin Brewery say that they have genetically engineered healthy prion protein-knockout cows, in a report published in Nature Biotechnology. Prion ....
(News, 08 Jan 2007 )
Hematech (a subsidiary of the Kirin Brewery Company) and Kirin Brewery say that they have genetically engineered healthy prion protein-knockout cows, in a report published in Nature Biotechnology. Prion ....
(News, 14 Nov 2006 )
An injection of $12.3 million from the OPEC Fund, along with technical assistance from the FAO, will support the development of Myanmar’s edible-oil sector over the next three years. With an aim to increase ....
(News, 31 Oct 2006 )
Precooking French fries in the microwave before frying may reduce levels of a cancer-causing substance, according to Turkish researchers at the University of Mersin. Published in the Journal of the Science ....
(News, 25 Sep 2006 )
Kimberly-Clark Corporation has plans to create an Innovation Center of Excellence in Asia, to be located in KiHeung City in South Korea's Gyeonggi-do province, a few miles south of Seoul. ''This center ....
(News, 25 Sep 2006 )
Ecolab is improving its focus on the meat and poultry segment with the acquisition of DuChem Industries. Few details were announced. DuChem's has sales of approximately $10 million. ''Because of its attractive ....
(News, 18 Sep 2006 )
Dole Food Company issued a voluntary recall of its packaged fresh spinach in the US, after the FDA reported a series of e coli-related illnesses—including one death. The product was packaged under 28 ....
(News, 12 Sep 2006 )
Detecting bacteria, viruses and other dangerous substances in commonly-contaminated places could soon be as easy as wiping a napkin or paper towel across a surface, says a researcher from Cornell University. ....
