Food and Beverage Analysis – News and Features

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3M Food Safety Awarded AOAC Certification for Water Microbial Testing Tool
3M™ Petrifilm™ Aqua Coliform Count Plates have received Performance Tested Method validation from the AOAC Research Institute.

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Severe Allergic Reactions to Food in Norway: A Ten Year Survey of Cases Reported to the Food Allergy Register
Results of the study highlight the usefulness of population based national food allergy registers in providing information for health authorities.

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U.S. FDA and Molecular Networks Announce Joint Collaboration
Joint collaboration on food safety evaluation and assessment.

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GATC Biotech and ETH Zurich to Establish Method for Food Quality Assurance
New methods will provide valuable information concerning food safety quality control, optimization of production yields as well as food production processes.

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A Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay Targeting Virulence and Resistance Genes in Salmonella Enterica Serotype Typhimurium
Researchers have demonstrated how this real-time multiplex method constitutes a valuable tool for strains characterization on epidemiological purposes.

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Key Step Identified in Legionnaire’s Disease Infection Process
NIH researchers have uncovered a key step in the biochemical sequence the bacterium which causes Legionnaire’s disease uses to reproduce inside the cells it infects.

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Theralase and George Brown College Join in Government-Funded Research to Combat Food Contamination
Partnership to conduct applied research in the use of PDCs activated by proprietary laser technology to destroy microbial pathogens associated with food contamination.

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A New Agreement for the Study of the Influence of Food on Health Between 2B BlackBio and Ramon y Cajal Hospital
Agreement aims to develop microarrays for the prevention of diet-related diseases.

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Chinese Genomics Giant BGI and UC Davis Form Partnership
The University of California, Davis, and BGI, the world's largest genome sequencing institute, agreed today (June 8) to form a partnership to conduct large-scale genome sequencing and functional genomics programs, focusing initially on the areas of food security; human and animal health and wellness; and biodiversity and environmental health

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Bayer's GM rice defeat
n a lawsuit over genetically modified (GM) modified rice, jury members in an Arkansas circuit court ruled in March in favor of Riceland Foods of Stuttgart, Arkansas, a rice milling and exporting company, and against Bayer CropScience of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Monheim, Germany.
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