Record Growth Of Soya-Based Dairy Alternatives Over The Past Year In European Markets
...uctions of Soya-based drinks & desserts, including meat free tofu product launches in 2004 in 8 European countries. The study also reveals that innovations play a very important role in the market growth. The availability of new Soya-based milk products and meat-free concepts in the chilled sections of s...Blood Test To Detect Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease/Mad Cow Disease
...he simplest way to screen donors and keep infected meat from entering the human food chain, but the prion concentration in blood is too small for it to be detected. So, the researchers have taken a different approach of using a biochemical techniques to amplify the quantity of prions in diseased blood mil...Controversy over spread of Mad Cow disease from India
... the infection spread to these people after eating meat from infected cattle. Importing animal feed containing contaminated animal and human bones have significant role in causing Mad cow disease outbreaks in cattle. The researchers say they doubt BSE resulted from scrapie because material infected with...Injury Rates High For Workers In Poultry Farms
...g is the largest and fastest growing sector of the meat products industry, according to the authors. In 2002, North Carolina and four other states accounted for 70 percent of all broiler production in the United States. Many of the workers are immigrants from Mexico and Guatemala, according to the authors...People warned against consumption of red meat due to risk of Flu epidemic
...lu virus responsible for causing bird flu//. The meat of several avian species, including migratory bird...illing of migratory birds and consumption of their meat mainly takes place in the countryside, on many occasions the hunters bring in the flesh for sale in ...Milk from cloned cows and meat safe to use: But at what cost?
...imal's hormone, protein, and fat levels could make meat and milk unsafe. In view of the mentioned risk, it would be sensible enough if long term studies are taken up to demonstrate the benefits before such foods can rock the international food market....Intake Of Processed Meat And Fat Associated With Pancreatic Cancer
Excess intake of processed meats, red meat and pork can enhance the risk of pancreatic cancer...rocessed meats. Intakes of pork and of total red meat were both associated with 50% increases in risk, comparing the highest with the lowest quintiles. T...Eating Red and Processed Meat may cause Bowel cancer
... more than two portions a day of red and processed meat than for those eating less than one portion a week...10 years ago to research the dietary habits of red meat eating people. Eating red and processed meat increases the risk of people developing colorectal canc...Bulgaria Agriculture Minister ban import of poultry from Macedonia and Croatia
...to ban the imports of live birds, eggs and poultry meat from Macedonia and Croatia after both countries reported suspected bird flu outbreaks. The first case of bird flu in Europe has been reported from farm// in Balikesir province near the Aegean Sea in Western Turkey. Following the news of bird flu all ...Bhitarkanika Sanctuary In Orissa Takes Precaution To Monitor Bird Flu
...achers trap local and migratory birds and sell the meat to roadside hotels and eateries. The forest department has warned people not to partake of bird meat. Mr. Hemanth Sharma, District Collector, Said, The forest department and district administration have formed a special squad, involving NGOs, healt...Another Feather In The Garlic Cap: Helpful In Avoiding Breast Cancer
...nt herb, may help ward off carcinogens produced by meat cooked at high temperatures. Cooking protein-rich foods like meats and eggs at high temperatures releases a chemical called PhIP, a suspected carcinogen. Epidemiological studies have shown that the incidence of breast cancer is higher among women w...Bird Flu Likely To Reduce World Energy Demand
... is required three times as much feed per pound of meat and pork twice as much as chicken. "We believe that the net impact of Asian avian influenza on grain demand is likely to be very modest. While feed consumption of poultry is likely to decline, increased demand for meat...such as beef and pork will ...Unscrupulous Chinese Medicine traders putting lives at risk
... the same way a butcher prosecuted for selling bad meat would be allowed to continue trading so are they. Dr Jidong Wu, of the Association of Traditional Chinese medicine is calling for tighter regulation. He said "dodgy and fake" practitioners were damaging the image of Chinese medicine. ...More Lizards, Including Pets, Found Venomous
... attributed to the bacteria that thrive on bits of meat left between their teeth from their scavenging diet, were actually from the venom, a finding that could have important implications for medical research. According to Dr Bryan Fry, University of Melbourne, lead author of the research, the venom is ......ge, a new study warns that farmers, veterinarians, meat processing workers and other people who are expose..., the researchers examined farmers, veterinarians, meat processing workers and a control group of people who had no occupational contact with pigs in Iowa, ...The Mediterranean magic: helpful in heart disease
...e instructed to eat fish four times a week and red meat only once a week. Men were allowed two glasses of red wine daily, while women were limited to one. In food stuffs poultry rather than beef, pork and other mammal meats were advocated; fish to be eaten two or three times a week; abstain from animal p...Vegan(ism) not so 'in' and healthy for children
...The outcome was that as little as two spoonfuls of meat each day is enough to provide nutrients such as vi...some of the children were given 2oz supplements of meat each day, equivalent to about two spoonfuls of mince. Two other groups received either a cup of mi...Plant based fake meat induces repulsive reaction
...American consumers// to ban the sale of - the fake meat made from fungus that is sold under the brand name Quorn. It was found to induce vomiting and many people fell ill. Quorn is the brand name for a line of foods made with fungi based 'mycoprotein.' That ingredient springs from a single-celled fungus...Increased Fish market enables hike in fish pricing
... India fish sales is maximum. Seafoods like fish meat along with mussels, lobster, white pomfret, sole, salmon, cod, red snapper// and kingfish was a preferred health option between Indians and foreigners on a time. Delicious sea and river fish are unloaded in the van by 3’o clock in the afternoon in ......ncident, authorities have banned the sale of sheep meat in Abbottabad, 80 km from here. Though PIMS officials said Ejaz had been kept in isolation, sources in Rawalpindi said no safety measures were followed for the transportation of Rukhsana's body. The body was neither chlorinated nor wrapped in plasti...