Food safety
NAU Researcher Collaborates with ASU Team to Develop Groundbreaking Technology for Improved Food Safety
Audible stories made possible by the Prescott Hearing Center. Get your FREE hearing test today! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 48 million Americans are sickened by foodborne illnesses each year, costing the economy more than $15 billion. To combat this persistent problem, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and …
Behind China’s ‘pork miracle’: how technology is transforming rural hog farming | Environment
In November 2018, I travelled to Guangzhou, a city of about 14 million people in southern China. Late autumn is the time for making lap yuk, a type of preserved pork that is a local speciality, and across town I would often spot slabs of meat hanging from high-rise apartment balconies, tied up with string …
Blue Nalu, Aero Farms highlight sustainable food technology | 2020-08-03
NEW YORK — Entrepreneurs are utilizing new technologies to bridge the gap between where food is grown and where it is consumed. San Diego-based BlueNalu, Inc. is pioneering cellular aquaculture, a process by which living cells are taken from fish and grown using culture media to create seafood. “(Seafood) is one of the most vulnerable …
More than 40 Swiss military staff hit with vomiting bug | World news
More than 40 military staff and recruits at an academy in central Switzerland were sent to hospital on Thursday after they suddenly fell violently ill, the government said. The Swiss defence department said that on Thursday afternoon, 43 recruits and members of the Jassbach academy in Linden, in Bern canton, suddenly suffered from acute gastrointestinal …