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Using Raman to identify the adulteration of coconut water
Due to the recent surge in popularity, coconut water is prone to adulteration, especially as demand seems to be higher than supply.
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How green is your ham and cheese? Study looks at the environmental impact of sandwiches
An all day breakfast runs up the same carbon tab as a 12-mile drive, but a home-made ham and cheese might be the way forward.
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EPSRC invests £4.5 million to safeguard the UK’s water, energy and food security
31 March 2015 | By Victoria White
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is investing £4.5 million to safeguard the UK's water, energy and food security...
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World’s biggest study of food allergies gets underway
22 March 2013 | By University of Manchester
The world's biggest ever study of allergies - spearheaded by the University of Manchester - officially gets underway today...
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Surveillance of foodborne disease in the United Kingdom
16 November 2007 | By Sarah J O’Brien, Professor of Health Sciences and Epidemiology, University of Manchester
“Infectious intestinal disease occurs in one in five people each year, of whom one in six presents to a general practitioner.” So wrote Wheeler and colleagues in 1999 (Wheeler et al, 1999). This translated into 9.4 million people suffering from infectious intestinal disease (IID) annually, with around 1.5 million people…
