Archives for May 24, 2004

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FSA happy with meat safety

Concerns that uncooked meats and meat products on sale in the UK could contain high levels of the potentially harmful chemical 1,3-dichloropropanol (1,3-DCP) have proven unfounded following an investigation by the government-funded Food Standards...

Cilantro compound may fight food poisoning

A compound in cilantro could prove to be a safe, natural means of fighting foodborne disease such as Salmonella, according to a joint study by US and Mexican researchers.

Numico buys Valio's baby food business

Leading formula maker Royal Numico is to buy the baby food business of Finland's Valio for €57 million in cash, the companies revealed yesterday.

Vaccines to fight food pathogens

Vaccines to combat a number of foodborne pathogens such as Listeria could be commercially available in the near future, a breakthrough which would "greatly enhance human health and wellbeing worldwide," according to US researchers.