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The Disadvantaged AquAdvantage
Supermarket chains across the country have pledged that they will not stock their freezers with the first animal that has been modified genetically for market consumption – a salmon that matures at double the rate of the non-modified species. Some of the chains include Aldi, Trader Joe’s, as well as Whole Foods Market, which have…
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Virus Created to Inhibit Housefly Reproduction
Experimental research is currently on-going to come up with a virus that inhibits the reproduction rate among germ-carrying, bacteria–spreading houseflies. Scientists at the USDA are currently looking into the salivary gland hypertrophy virus, which when it infects female houseflies they cannot lay eggs while the male flies cannot mate. By curbing their reproduction rate, the…
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Food Safety Among Farmer’s Markets
At the University of Vermont Londa Nwadike, a food safety expert, recently held a webinar discussing concerns about food safety among vendors at food markets, as well as managers. The discussion was quickly steered to focus on food safety as an advertising tool for farmers, as she stressed the fact that no service provider wants…
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Results of the EU-Tests into the Horsemeat Scandal
Following the European horsemeat scandal that sent shock waves around the world at the beginning of the year, the European commission ordered tests for horse DNA in meat products. Sources say that France, according to the test results, was the country with the highest number of illegal horsemeat cases with a total percentage greater than…
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Selecting the Right Supplier
The process of food manufacturing has undergone tremendous changes. If compared to the operations of twenty years ago, one would notice a 360-degree transformation. Those same changes have affected how manufacturers choose their suppliers. Twenty years ago, one would choose a supplier based on simple factors such as location, the price they put at the…
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TESCO’s First Drop in 20 Years
For the first time ever, in 20 years, UK’s largest supermarket chain Tesco, reported a drop in their annual profits. This comes after the chain is closing down its Fresh and Easy branches in the US. The 199 stores had never recorded a profit for the company, which set the company back 1.84 billion dollars…
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The Germiest Items in Your Household
A recent list published by NSF International, contained information stating that kitchen appliances are most notorious for harboring germs. According to the study they carried out, the ‘germiest’ of all tools in the kitchen were the can opener, vegetable and meat trays, the rubber spatulas and the blender. They are definitely not the first appliances…
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Antibiotics Report from EWG
In a recent report released by the EWG (Environmental Working Group) it was revealed that farmers’ antibiotics in animal feed was blamed for the rise of bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics. However, they left out the key issues concerning food safety that warrant the use of the antibiotics in the feed, in the first…
