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Whitepaper: Bringing the Power of PCR DNA Identification to Food Safety
When the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was discovered nearly 35 years ago, it ushered in a revolution in biology.
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Clean Air -The Vital Ingredient to Food and Beverage Manufacturing
29 January 2018 | By Camfil
Air is the only ingredient that is involved in every aspect of Food and Beverage Manufacturing...
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Home-grown microbes make for a better tasting sausage
The quality of your sausage has much to do with how it began its fermentation process, a team of Italian researchers has discovered.
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Campylobacter uses Trojan horse tactics to spread
Researchers have shown how one of the most common food poisoning bacteria can multiply and spread inside other microorganisms.
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Stop using antibiotics on healthy animals – WHO weighs in on resistance debate
World Health Organization (WHO) has called on farmers and the food industry to help promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals by halting the routine use of antibiotics.
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Bananas could vanish from supermarket shelves, GMB Union warns
Britain's general trade union, GMB, has called for a change in the way bananas are farmed to halt an environmental catastrophe and save workers' health.
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FAO Chief addresses G7 ministers on antimicrobial resistance and malnutrition
Speaking to ministers in Milan, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva stressed the critical need to transform food systems to ensure healthy diets and good nutrition for all.
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Sensitive and selective analysis of fipronil residues in eggs using Thermo Scientific GC-MS/MS triple quadrupole technology
Pesticides are chemicals used to protect crops and control a variety of pests such as weeds, fungi, rodents, and insects.
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Indian rainforests could hold a secret to getting more out of farm waste
Microorganisms found in the wildfire-prone rainforests of India have caught the eye of research scientists as an exciting prospect for biochemical production.
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Food Analysis In-Depth Focus
In this In-Depth Focus: the need for a change in food quality testing, how unstable supply chains increase the risk of food contamination and much more...
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Global programme seeks to contain serious threat to the world’s bananas
FAO and partners launch campaign against new Fusarium Wilt strain that jeopardises livelihoods reliant on the world’s most traded fruit...
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Zinc nanoparticles not a toxic source of micronutrient – but nor are they too useful
A team of researchers has shown zinc oxide nanoparticles do not pose a toxicity risk to crops as feared, but they don't seem to have any special benefits either.
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Global health bodies launch road map to combat bovine tuberculosis and its transmission to humans
Bovine TB can be transferred from cows to humans through food, killing 12,000 people a year. A new plan maps out how global health bodies will fight back.
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Analysis of Fipronil and its metabolites in eggs and egg-based products, ensuring effective inclusion in multi-residue methods
10 October 2017 | By Agilent
Recently many farms were affected by the illegal use of Fipronil in a cleaning agent. Whilst findings of Fipronil were rare or at low levels, it was the findings of its metabolite, Fipronil-sulfon, that were more significant in uncovering the extent of this scandal.
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EU and UN team up to fight antimicrobial resistance and food waste
EU and Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations join forces to take action on food waste and antimicrobial resistance.
