With the introduction of its new Alkaline Saline Peptone Water (ISO), microbiology company Lab M now provides a complete media offering for the enrichment and detection of Vibrio spp. from food and water samples. Naturally present in warm ...
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Companies spend $130 billion a year on boxes, bags and blister packs, yet many packaged goods still remain hard-to-open, undersized, or overwrapped for the products inside. Consumer Reports took a close look at common packaging challenges ...
It is 100 years since Titanic struck an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage on April 15th 1912 with the loss of over 1500 lives. Henry Aldridge and Son latest auction like its predecessors this year broke a number of world record prices. ...
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United World Foods, a seafood company based in New Zealand, is recalling frozen oyster products due to the potential presence of norovirus. Norovirus, which is not typically life-threatening, can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and ...
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California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued a health alert, asking consumers not to eat shucked and in-shell raw oysters from Drakes Bay Oyster, an oyster grower based in California, as they may be contaminated with Vibrio ...
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UK-based supermarket chain Waitrose has launched new'oyster leaf',a fleshy green leafed vegetable which can be used to replace the taste of oysters for those living a vegetarian lifestyle. The company noted that the oyster leaf features ...
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Over a century ago, Oscar Wilde joked that America's only tradition was its youth. This was a distinctly European joke; Asians could not have found it funny. In Chinese culture, tradition is not just the most important thing, it is the only ...
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The Washington State Department of Health has announced that Vibrio bacteria have led to the closure of three commercial growing areas and caused 30 confirmed illnesses in Washington this summer. Totten Inlet near Olympia,North Bay and ...
The US Food and Drug Administration(FDA)is warning consumers not to eat raw or partially cooked oysters and clams(shellfish)with tags listing Oyster Bay Harbor in Nassau County,New York,as the harvest area,because the products may be ...
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Codex Alimentarius Commission,the UN food standards body,has unveiled new safety standards for food products,which includes the maximum level of melamine in liquid milk formula,in order to ensure food safety. The Commission is responsible ...
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