Banning sugar sweetened beverages from schools does not lead to a reduction in overall consumption. That is the conclusion of a report published on the 7th November in the Archives of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine based on 10 and 14 year olds from the USA.
The objective of the audit was to verify, that official controls for poultry meat and poultry meat products are carried out in compliance with EU legislation. The report concludes that there is a system of official controls on poultry meat and poultry meat products, which includes regular and risk based…
Foremost Foods, International, Inc. of Pomona, CA, is issuing a voluntary recall on certain Pangasinan brand smoked seafood products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause life-threatening illness or death. Consumers are warned not to use the product even if it…
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have added weight to the argument that there is a link between exposure to bacteria and immune system disorders.
Researchers from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke have found that mouse models used to estimate how carcinogenic some substances are to humans could be underestimating the danger.
A new, more sensitive method for detecting egg and milk allergens in baked goods has been developed by the company AB SCIEX. The number of people with food allergies is increasing world wide and so determining if allergens are present in food is of growing importance.
It is well known that cranberries can help fight urinary tract infections and work has been carried out developing extracts. However, comparisons of an extract and cranberry juice found that cranberry juice was better at preventing and fighting infections than the extract.
Research published in the Journal of Food Processing and Preservation has demonstrated that darker coloured potatoes retain a higher level of antioxidants after processing than standard ones.
With the increase in cases of rickets over the last 5 years, Kellogg’s has decided to fortify all of its children’s breakfast cereal with Vitamin D by March 2012.
A research article published in this month’s Science Translational Medicine demonstrates that probiotic yogurt does have an effect on gut bacteria. McNulty and colleagues ran two parallel studies using identical human twins and Gnotobiotic mice, i.e. mice with only certain known strains of human gut bacteria in their guts.
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