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FDA appoints leaders for product innovation, safety group

By  Lorraine Heller

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has created the board of its new Reagan-Udall Foundation, taking the agency one step closer to its goal of enhancing the development and safety of food and food ingredients.

Next generation antioxidant assay takes testing inside cells

By  Stephen Daniells

Antioxidant testing of nutrients has taken a leap forward as Cornell University scientists report a new assay that moves the quantification of antioxidant activity from the test tube to measuring bioactivity inside cells.