Food and Beverage Analysis – News and Features

Plans to give national governments the right to decide whether to grow new genetically modified crops could unblock a paralysis in EU approvals, but risk igniting internal-market disputes within the bloc.

FAO's Food Quality and Standards Service has recently published "GM food safety assessment: Tools for trainers".

Stewart Brand told a 400-strong audience at St George’s, Bristol: Genetically modified crops were necessary to feed the world’s growing population.

Applications of newly added molecular detection technology include Point-of-Need testing in Molecular Diagnostics and Applied Testing.

'Europe can't feed its pigs -- at least, not by itself' Meat-hungry and short on animal feed, European nations have relied for years on protein imports, such as the ground meal of soybeans from the United States, to sustain their cattle and pig farms. While this complex chain of trade has worked reasonably well, it has started to be threatened by a microscopic foe: the dust of genetically modified (GM) crops.

New Zealand Food Safety Authority said international scientific consensus showed that animals that eat GM feed are themselves not genetically modified.

India’s First Vegetable Biotech Crop described

I’m so appalled by a new activist-sponsored study that questions my ability to make sensible decisions for my own farm. Except that this isn’t even a “study.”

Varian, Inc. announced today the release of the 325-MS triple-quadrupole LC/MS (liquid chromatograph/mass spectrometer) for the efficient detection and identification of chemical compounds in high-throughput laboratories performing environmental, food safety, and toxicology analyses.

The European Commission announced that it has approved a biotech corn product for food, feed, import and processing jointly developed by DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred and Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company. Corn products containing the Herculex® RW protection trait stacked with Roundup Ready® Corn 2 (also known as 59122/NK603) are now permitted for import into the European Union (EU).