ABC News William Rollo and Amy McCosker 16 May 2013
Biosecurity Queensland says it is too early to confirm whether an outbreak of bovine Johne’s disease (BJD) originated from a bull from the United States.
Preliminary tests show the disease found on a central Queensland cattle stud last year was the bison strain of BJD.
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Posted in Food science, Uncategorized
Tagged beef cattle, Biosecurity Queensland, bovine Johne's disease (BJD), quarantine, Rockhampton Qld, Veterinary diseases
(Northwestern University 13 May 2013) The dangerously high salt levels in processed food and fast food remain unchanged, despite numerous calls from health agencies for the food industry to voluntarily reduce sodium. Excess sodium in the diet is a major cause of high blood pressure and prematurely kills up to 150,000 people in the US each year. The government must regulate sodium, the study says.
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(Norwich BioScience Institutes 14 May 2013) The toxin that causes botulism is the most potent that we know of. Eating an amount of toxin just 1000th the weight of a grain of salt can be fatal, which is why so much effort has been put into keeping Clostridium botulinum, which produces the toxin, out of our food. Scientists at the Institute of Food Research have been mining the genome of C. botulinum to uncover new information about the toxin genes that produce the potent toxin behind botulism.
ABC News 14 May 2013
The thought of eating insects like maggots, beetles, caterpillars and ants may give you the creeps, but a United Nations report says they may be the food of the future.
Townsville Bulletin Daniel Bateman 14 May 2013
Townsville scientists are developing allergy-free sea- food to allow more people to safely taste the delights of fish and prawns.
In a world-first project, James Cook University researchers are trying to pinpoint species of fish and crustaceans that present a zero to minimal risk of triggering allergic reactions.
BBC News Martin Patience 13 May 2013
The latest food scandal in China – which has seen rat meat passed off as lamb – has raised more questions about food safety in the country.
BBC News Matt McGrath 13 May 2013
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) explored the idea of testing all horses slaughtered in the UK months before the horsemeat food crisis began in January.
But the agency was concerned that the costs of extra testing would cause every horse abattoir to close down.
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Posted in Drug analysis and toxicology, Food science
Tagged Food contamination, Food testing, Horse meat, Pharmaceuticals, United Kingdom
ABC News 3 May 2013
Chinese police have broken a crime ring that passed off more than $1 million in rat and small mammal meat as mutton.
BBC News 23 April 2013
A toxic slimming drug should be made illegal, say the family of a medical student who died after taking it alongside antidepressants. There have been at least 62 further deaths related to DNP.
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Posted in Drug analysis and toxicology, Food science
Tagged DNP, Illegal drugs, performance & image enhancing drugs(PIEDS), Pesticides
(University of Missouri-Columbia 18 April 2013) From bird flu to mad cow disease, numerous food scares have made global headlines in recent years. A technique developed by University of Missouri professor of engineering Shubhra Gangopadhyay’s group may make food contamination testing more rapid and accurate. The detection test also could accelerate warnings after bioterrorism attacks.
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Posted in Biological and chemical weapons, Food science
Tagged Clostridium botulinum, ELISA, Food contamination, Food testing, Nanoparticles
