Food science

Food science

• UK retailers relax rules on GM poultry feed

  Three major British grocery chains have ended their bans on providing genetically modified feed to chickens. Sainsbury's, the Co-operative Group and ... 

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  It really is monkey-see, monkey-do, research shows

  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 ... 

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  New US-EU talks threatened by agriculture spats

  President Barack Obama used Washington's grandest stage — the State of the Union speech — to announce negotiations with Europe aimed at creating the ... 

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  Brominated vegetable oil in Gatorade?

  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 ... 

• Whole Foods: Products will carry GMO labeling

  Whole Foods says all products in its North American stores that contain genetically modified ingredients will be labeled as such by 2018. The company ... 

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  World's richest men aid 'Green Revolution' center

  The research center largely responsible for launching the "green revolution" of the 1960s that dramatically raised crop yields is getting support from ... 

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  Texas company: Microwave keeps bread mold at bay

  Attention, bread shoppers: A Texas company could have the answer to some consumers' unwelcome discovery that just-purchased loaves contain mold. 

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  New tests could hamper food outbreak detection

  New tests that promise to speed up diagnosis of food poisoning pose an unexpected problem: They could make it more difficult to identify dangerous ... 

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  Fast-growing fish may never wind up on your plate

  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 ...