2011-12-05

2011.11.28 to 2011.12.04 Week in Food & Science News

2011.11.28 Monday

Reuters
Japan's Kansai Electric to build 2 solar plants
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL4E7MS01D20111128

Daily Mail Online
Muslim medical students boycotting lectures on evolution... because it 'clashes with the Koran'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2066795/Muslim-students-walking-lectures-Darwinism-clashes-Koran.html
Note: "Does the term 'antibiotic resistant organism' mean anything to these blind zealots? May we all be spared any of them as our physicians."

Nestle
Nestlé becomes first food company to partner with the Fair Labor Association
http://www.nestle.com/Media/NewsAndFeatures/Pages/Fair_Labour_Association.aspx



2011.11.29 Tuesday

Wall Street Journal
Sony to Keep Image-Sensor Business in Japan
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203802204577065830095821246.html

NPR News
Soybeans May Have Fed Asia Earlier Than Thought
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/11/28/142510213/soybeans-may-have-fed-asia-earlier-than-thought

Food Navigator
How does stevia really work?
http://www.foodnavigator.com/Science-Nutrition/Getting-a-handle-on-flavour-bulking-and-bitter-blocker-systems-key-to-stevia-formulation

The Japan Times
Heavy red meat diet poses colon cancer risk: research
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111129a3.html

Food Navigator Asia
New Zealand's Synlait launches a premium infant formula in China
http://www.foodnavigator-asia.com/Business/Synlait-launches-premium-infant-formula-in-China

2011.11.30 Wednesday

Food Navigator
Norwegian butter crisis sees dairy giant call for tariff relief
http://www.foodnavigator.com/Financial-Industry/Norwegian-butter-crisis-sees-dairy-giant-call-for-tariff-relief

just-food.com
RUSSIA: Danone wants majority stake in dairy plant
http://www.just-food.com/news/danone-wants-majority-stake-in-dairy-plant_id117514.aspx

NutraIngredients
Probiotics again show oral health potential
http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Probiotics-again-show-oral-health-potential
Note: AB-BIOTICS, Yakult

Joanna Shilton
CHR Hansen receives Food Ingredients Excellence Award
http://www.foodbev.com/news/chr-hansens-natural-colour-honoured-with

just-food.com
JAPAN: Sapporo Holdings to merge business units
http://www.just-food.com/news/sapporo-holdings-to-merge-business-units_id117530.aspx
Note: Sapporo Beverage Co and Pokka Corp units

TIME.com
Horsemeat may become available as food in the U.S.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2100736,00.html

2011.12.01 Thursday

TIME.com
PSA: There might be arsenic in your apple juice
http://healthland.time.com/2011/11/30/arsenic-in-apple-juice-a-new-report-suggests-widespread-exposure/

The Japan Times
Food poisoning cases haven't cut appetite for 'yakiniku' raw meat cuts
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111201a5.html

C&EN
Compounds block bacterial production of biofilm, weakening the microbes
http://cen.acs.org/articles/89/web/2011/11/Bacterias-Kryptonite.html

The Japan Times
Nuclear experts back Tepco meltdown simulation findings
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111201x2.html

Scientific American
Fukushima Earthquake Moved Seafloor Half a Football Field
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=japan-earthquake-moves-seafloor

2011.12.02 Friday

TIME.com
An Asian country has finally banned shark finning
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/12/01/taiwan-to-become-first-asian-nation-to-ban-shark-finning/

TIME.com
Burger King is changing its French fries recipe
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/12/01/burger-king-is-revamping-its-french-fry-recipe/

The Daily Yomiuri
TEPCO pulls plug on nuclear plant
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111201005563.htm

NYTimes Science
Names Proposed for New Elements on Periodic Table
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/science/names-proposed-for-new-elements-on-periodic-table.html

The Daily Yomiuri
TEPCO: All nuclear fuel may have fallen to outer vessel
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111201006092.htm

FoodNavigator
Is dairy ready to steal some of the stevia limelight from beverage?
http://www.foodnavigator.com/Financial-Industry/Is-dairy-ready-to-steal-some-of-the-stevia-limelight-from-beverage

Molecule-R
MOLECULAR GASTRONOMY KITS
http://molecule-r.com/en/5-kits

C&EN
Scottish researchers build a lab-on-a-chip for testing whiskey
http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/testing-times-for-scotch-whisky.html
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-23-22982

NutraIngredients-USA
CRN on NDI draft guidance. Tear it up and start again
http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Regulation/CRN-on-NDI-draft-guidance-A-choir-has-many-voices-but-we-re-all-singing-the-same-song

The Economist
The latest UN climate summit says much about why the world is failing to tackle global warming
http://www.economist.com/node/21541028

NPR News
To Kill Or Not To Kill Horses That Others May Eat?
https://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/12/01/143017558/to-kill-or-not-to-kill-horses-that-others-may-eat

Huffington Post
How Supermarkets Trick You Into Spending More Money
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/organic-authoritycom/supermarket-marketing-tricks_b_1101868.html

2011.12.03 Saturday

Food Manufacturing
QA: Building A Proactive Food Defense Strategy
http://www.foodmanufacturing.com/scripts/ShowPR~RID~23794.asp

WSJ Health
Citizen Scientists
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204621904577014330551132036.html

The Japan Times
Tepco paid out ¥39 billion in compensation to agricultural organizations
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111203a9.html

The Japan Times
Chubu Connection > Health drinks making major Mideast inroads
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111203cc.html
Notes: Pocca

2011.12.04 Sunday

Smithsonian
Cooking May Have Driven Human Evolution
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2011/12/cooking-may-have-driven-human-evolution/

iO9
Our cells lock up Shigella bacteria in cages to stop it from killing us
http://io9.com/5863923/

The Daily Yomiuri
TEPCO bias clear in nuclear crisis examination
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111203003438.htm

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