The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has concluded that aspartame and its breakdown products are safe for human consumption at current levels of exposure. The announcement comes following a full risk assessment of the aspartame, ...
Tags: Human Consumption, Food Safety
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in Northern Ireland has launched a campaign to keep contaminated milk out of the supply. The agency conveyed 'Protect your milk supply' message to dairy farmers, urging them to keep contaminated milk out of ...
Tags: Contaminated Milk, Food
The world's largest production facility to make cellulosic bioethanol - a type of biofuel made from wood and plants - will be built in China next year, the company in charge of the project has said. Chemtex Engineering Co Ltd will build ...
Tags: Bio-Refinery Project, Chemicals
For years I have gone into food stores and read labels only to not know what half the ingredients were. I got to thinking, that maybe I'm not alone when it comes to knowing what the rest of them are. So, I've put together what might be a ...
With this coming February being American Heart Month and with the holiday gluttony behind us, maybe this is a good time to look at the causes and cure for heart disease. Heart disease is the number one killer in civilized nations with ...
Olive oil comes from olive, grapeseed oil comes from grape seeds, peanut oil comes from peanuts and canola oil comes from... rapeseed. The plant known as "rape," from a Latin word for "turnip," is a domesticated crop in the widely ...
Tags: rapeseed oil, Food, Health, Canola Oil
There is a lot of controversy in nutrition and it often seems like people can’t agree on anything. But there are a few exceptions to this. Here are the top 10 nutrition facts that everyone actually agrees on (well, almost ...
We are aware of a story circulating social media and blog sites claiming to represent World Cancer Research Fund International’s position on processed meat. We had no involvement in the production of this article. The statement below ...
Poultry processors struggling to screen accurately for Sulphonamide antibiotics could improve their quality control by testing for each specific compound. Research undertaken by leading test manufacturer Randox Food Diagnostics has ...
Tags: Food Processors, Specific Tests
Thermo Scientific, a US-based healthcare equipment provider, has announced that its SureTect Listeria species Assay has received Performance Tested Methods status from the AOAC Research Institute. Listeria species can be commonly found in ...
Through the process of food processing, it is possible to obtain a large variety of food stuffs in the supermarkets and other stores. There are a large number of food items which can seldom be stored for a long period of time as it has ...
There are different types of plastic water tanks available in the market and these are widely used to store water. These are durable, light-weight and comparatively easy to install. As there are many numbers of health concerns with other ...
Tags: Plastic Water Tanks, Water Tanks
Weather Update June 24, 2013 Part of the reason for the delay in sending an update on the crop position is the diversity of the information we are able to obtain. The weather has been very mixed depending on where you are standing. A very ...
Tags: agriculture, lentils, pulses, grains
Verderflex: After decades of uncontrolled industrial (mining) activities, water supply is under serious threat. Studies show that acid water levels in the country s mines are rising at a staggering average rate of 0.59 m/day. The water ...
A study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University found that the chicken meat in US contained high levels of arsenic - a chemical which is known to increase the risk of cancer. The increased arsenic levels can be attributed ...
Tags: High Arsenic, Chicken Meat