http://www.mail.com/subjects/14758-food-science.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/14758-food-science.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2081698-uk-retailers-relax-rules-gm-poultry-feed.html LONDON (AP) — Three major British grocery chains have ended their bans on providing genetically modified feed to chickens. Sainsbury's, the Co-operative Group and Marks & Spencer cited short supplies of non-GM feed as the reason for the change. A Co-operative Group statement released Monday said it is no longer "feasible" to insist on non-GM feed. ... Mon, 13 May 2013 13:38:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2081698-uk-retailers-relax-rules-gm-poultry-feed.html 2013-05-13T13:38:03Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2044768-monkey-see-monkey-do.html WASHINGTON (AP) — You don't have to be a teenager to want to fit in at the school lunchroom. Some wild animals seem to follow similar monkey-see, monkey-do behavior to follow the crowd and find the best eats, new research finds. South African monkeys switched foods purely because of peer pressure and humpback whales off the coast of New England copied a n... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:13:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2044768-monkey-see-monkey-do.html 2013-04-25T18:13:22Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1974848-us-eu-talks-threatened-agriculture-spats.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama used Washington's grandest stage — the State of the Union speech — to announce negotiations with Europe aimed at creating the world's largest free trade agreement. Just weeks later, there are signs that old agriculture disputes could be deal-killers. European Union leaders don't want the negotiations to include dis... Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:05:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1974848-us-eu-talks-threatened-agriculture-spats.html 2013-03-23T16:05:11Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1953940-brominated-vegetable-oil-gatorade.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When PepsiCo Inc. announced it would stop putting an obscure vegetable oil in its Gatorade right before the Super Bowl, one of the loudest cheers came from a high school student who had made it her mission to get rid of the ingredient. "I was like, 'Whoa,'" said Sarah Kavanagh, a 16-year-old from Hattiesburg, Miss., who wanted to know... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:14:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1953940-brominated-vegetable-oil-gatorade.html 2013-03-14T17:14:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1941120-whole-foods-products-will-carry-gmo-labeling.html NEW YORK (AP) — Whole Foods says all products in its North American stores that contain genetically modified ingredients will be labeled as such by 2018. The company says it's the first national grocery chain to set such a deadline for labeling foods that contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. A spokeswoman for the supermarket operator said orga... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:01:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1941120-whole-foods-products-will-carry-gmo-labeling.html 2013-03-08T20:01:03Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1890790-worlds-richest-men-aid-green-revolution-center.html TEXCOCO, Mexico (AP) — The research center largely responsible for launching the "green revolution" of the 1960s that dramatically raised crop yields is getting support from the world's richest men to develop genetically-modified seeds to help farmers in the developing world grow more grain in the face of a changing climatic conditions and increased demand. ... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:39:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1890790-worlds-richest-men-aid-green-revolution-center.html 2013-02-14T02:39:49Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1805804-texas-company-microwave-bread-mold-bay.html LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Attention, bread shoppers: A Texas company could have the answer to some consumers' unwelcome discovery that just-purchased loaves contain mold. MicroZap Inc. claims its technology allows bread to stay mold-free for 60 days. The bread is bombarded with microwaves for about 10 seconds, which kills the mold spores, said chief executive... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1805804-texas-company-microwave-bread-mold-bay.html 2013-01-08T11:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1757572-tests-hamper-food-outbreak-detection.html WASHINGTON (AP) — New tests that promise to speed up diagnosis of food poisoning pose an unexpected problem: They could make it more difficult to identify dangerous outbreaks like the one that sickened people who ate a variety of Trader Joe's peanut butter this fall. The new tests could reach medical laboratories as early as next year, an exciting develop... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1757572-tests-hamper-food-outbreak-detection.html 2012-12-11T19:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1742142-fast-growing-fish-wind-up-your-plate.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Salmon that's been genetically modified to grow twice as fast as normal could soon show up on your dinner plate. That is, if the company that makes the fish can stay afloat. After weathering concerns about everything from the safety of humans eating the salmon to their impact on the environment, Aquabounty was poised to become the world'... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1742142-fast-growing-fish-wind-up-your-plate.html 2012-12-04T21:57:00Z