Naturex has developed two natural and taste-free antimicrobial ingredients to prevent spoilage in meat products. Antimicrobials are agents that kill or inhibit the growth of microorganisms such as bacteria, yeast and molds in food ...
Tags: Naturex, Meat Products
Stone Canyon Industries has sold SCI Ingredients and its wholly owned operating subsidiary, Fleischmann's Vinegar Company to Green Plains for $250m. Fleishmann’s Vinegar is being regarded as one of the largest producer of food-grade ...
Antibiotic-resistant E. Coli bacteria has been found in one in four chicken samples collected from the UK’s largest supermarkets, according to a recent research commissioned by the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics. It also found ...
The US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced three grants to improve food security by reducing livestock losses to insects and diseases. The $3m grants have been awarded to researchers ...
Tags: Food Security, NIFA
Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, commissioned its second benzoic acid reactor train at its facility in Rotterdam, Netherlands, adding 75,000 metric tons of capacity for the production of benzoic ...
The system that allows the sharing of genetic material between bacteria – and therefore the spread of antibiotic resistance – has been uncovered by a team of scientists at Birkbeck, University of London and UCL. The study, ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Unravelling Bacterial Secretion System
As experts continue to sound alarm bells about the rising resistance of microbes to antibiotics used by humans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday announced it was curbing the use of the drugs in livestock nationwide. "FDA ...
Tags: antibiotics, FDA, animal health, antimicrobials
Increasing demand for antimicrobials from end-user applications such as medical devices boosts the antimicrobial coatings market in Asia-Pacific. The need to minimize infection and in turn, the cost of treatment has spurred the use of ...
US-based Eloquest Healthcare has launched ReliaFit Male Urinary Device, a next-generation external catheter that reduces the risk of urinary tract infections usually related with indwelling catheters. ReliaFit also offers a high level of ...
Tags: Male Urinary Device, Health
AATCC’s Chemical Applications Interest Group is sponsoring a symposium October 16 and 17, 2013, titled Textile Wet Processing: The Way Forward. The symposium will be held at the Textile Technology Center in Belmont, N.C., USA, and ...
Tags: Textile, Wet Processing
Americhem Inc., a global provider of custom color and additive solutions for synthetic fibers and technical textiles, will promote the Nofia line of inherently flame retardant polymers and additives at the Techtextil exhibition being held ...
Tags: Textile, Exhibitor, Techtextil
The European Commission has asked European Medicines Agency (EMA) to provide advice on the impact of antibiotic use in animals on public health and animal health. The request was made by the Commission as a part of it's 'Action Plan ...
Tags: Antibiotics in Animals, Food
During the 30th National Frozen Food Month this March, Plastics Make it Possible is honoring innovations in plastics that help deliver convenient and nutritious frozen foods-particularly those innovations that have led to less packaging and ...
Starting Out Right From the time we start preparing a room for a new baby, we are making choices about the child's environment. Many people get ready for a new child by painting, papering, and carpeting a baby's room with conventional ...
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has granted patent No.2,446,356 to Quick-Med Technologies' MultiStat family of patented matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors (MMPIs). MultiStat family, which comprises of 10 patented compounds, ...