US-based c Food Safety has achieved NF Validation certification cfor E.coli O157 including H7. The Molecular Detection Assay for E.coli O157 is capable of detecting the bacteria in raw beef, fruit, vegetable and dairy products. The ...
Tags: 3M Food Safety, Food
With nightmarish superbugs threatening the lives of patients and healthcare workers, hospitals are taking considerable precautions to track who is and who isn't washing their hands. For example, Summerville Medical Center, a 94-bed ...
Tags: Sensor Tag, Camera, Hand Washing
DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Company has announced that it has partnered with RML in creating a new line of alternative preservatives called PolyGuard. The PolyGuard line features the proprietary ingredient Zemea propanediol. RML ...
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The antimicrobial textile technology being developed by PurThread Technologies is a finalist in the 2013 TechAmerica Foundation American Technology Awards (ATAs) in the categories of Health & Medical Technologies and Advanced Manufacturing. ...
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Troy Corporation has won the prestigious Ringier Technology Innovation Award for Additives in China's coatings industry. The award was created to honor those companies that have introduced a new product, technology, or process that advances ...
Silk, the soft shimmery luxurious fabric derived from silk worms, is an all-time favourite material for fashion lovers and designers alike, but a variety of silk, which is solely made of spider proteins, is not commonly heard of. ...
Tags: Japanese, Textile, Silk Fabric
Reusable transport packaging solutions provider Rehrig Pacific has launched its new GMA Rackable Plastic Pallet, the latest in the company’s supply chain solutions. Rehrig Pacific general manager Jerry Koefelda said, "We've ...
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Swiss agrochemicals company Syngenta has unveiled CLARIVA, a seed treatment nematicide based on the Pasteuria technology. CLARIVA comprises naturally occurring soil bacteria with a direct mode of action on nematodes, microscopic ...
Some of hungry partygoers at your Memorial Day gathering this weekend might be crying out, Where's the beef!?! But from a food-safety perspective, a more salient question is, How well done is the beef? That's because some steaks and other ...
Proponents of the artificial grass sports fields that have been springing up all over San Francisco in recent years are hoping that a state study will put to rest concerns over the fields' safety, though some critics remain unconvinced. ...
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Miso, the main ingredient in that cloudy broth you may have had in Japanese restaurants, is relatively high in sodium, with about 630 milligrams per tablespoon. So if you are prone to high blood pressure, you might want to use the ...
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To get an idea of how American coastal waters might look just before they succumb to all the degradations they have suffered these past five centuries, it would be worth taking a July trip to Mobile Bay, an Alabama inlet that feeds into the ...
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China’s government officials began the year with assurances to the world that 2013 would mark a new era of food safety. The bureaucrats were still patting each other on the back, when in March, a flotilla of 16,000 dead hogs bobbed ...
Tags: Food Safety, China
TaiGen Biotechnology has submitted New Drug Application (NDA) for the oral formulation of nemonoxacin with the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) and China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA). Nemonoxacin is the first ...
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The largest drinking water purification plant in Europe to feature GE’s ZeeWeed 500 advanced water treatment technology is under construction in Ravenna, Italy. Located on the east coast of Italy, close to the Adriatic Sea and part ...