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FOOD RESEARCH
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has released the details of the projects financed by the first Euro 166 million released for food studies under the EU’s sixth framework programme for research. They include a study on hazardous compounds in heat-treated carbohydrate-rich foods, such as acrylamide.…
CANCER DOG
BY PHILIP FINE
AN AMERICAN study has found a possible link between hot dogs and colon cancer. University of Nebraska researcher Dr. Sidney Mirvish – who has studied processed meats for 30 years – found increased levels of nitrosamines (NOCs), a suspected carcinogen, in the faeces of mice fed a diet of hot dogs.…
COTTON GIN RECYCLING
BY PHILIP FINE
THE AMERICAN cotton industry has found ways turn its cotton gin waste into new products, helped by its federal government. The sector produces a lot of waste through its cotton gins and has to absorb the high cost of removing them.…
MICROENCAPSULATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A CONSULTING, training and research institute into microencapsulation has been launched in Europe, funded by Euro 1.8 million of European Union money. The ncapsolutions group will advise on turning capsule technologies into viable business products, with the pharmaceutical market a key target.…
SALMONELLA MONITORING
BY MONICA DOBIE
NEW research from the USA’s Livestock Behaviour Research Unit has shown it is possible to track salmonella infections in living piglets and adult pig tissue after slaughter by treating the bacteria to give off light. This development involving so-called biophotonics would allow farmers to stop the spread of infection before pigs are transported and sold.…
FOOD RESEARCH
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has released the details of the projects financed by the first Euro 166 million released for food studies under the EU’s sixth framework programme for research. They include a study on hazardous compounds in heat-treated carbohydrate-rich foods, such as acrylamide.…
EU ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH PLAN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union ministers have welcomed the European Commission’s plan to develop the EU’s first environment and health strategy (for 2004-2010), calling on Brussels officials to develop research models assessing the health impact of public policies, (and associated socio-economic affects).…
PECTIN EXTRACTION
BY PHILIP FINE
THE USA could become a major pectin producer after a Penn State University (Pennsylvania) researcher developed a process to extract high-quality pectin from orange peels. The complex carbohydrate, used to thicken jellies and fruit fillings, has been traditionally slow cooked by Europeans using lime peels imported from Mexico and south America.…
EU AGENCY - OAS DEAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EASHW) and the Organisation of American States have struck a deal, leading them to cooperate in the publicising of health and safety best practice that can be applied on both sides of the Atlantic.…
NANOTECHNOLOGY CRITICISM (ROUND UP)
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INNOVATIVE nanotechnology technology has been trialled in the United States, effectively spraying a protective crystal crust on a New Mexico mountainside that had been left exposed to erosion by a fire. Its flames destroyed 5,000 acres of land considered sacred by the Taos Pueblo Native Indian group.…