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Smart Fog, a leader in the industrial humidification field, announces its new food safety disinfection product. Reno, NV (PRWEB) April 29, 2013 Smart Fog announces the release of its new technology, which provides food safety disinfection. The product offers a non-wetting, uniform distribution method for disinfecting and microbiological control through a fogging solution. The product is safe, effective, and uses a water-based soluble material. It is available in a variety of forms,...
The tiny thymus teaches the immune system to ignore the teeming, foreign bacteria in the gut that helps you digest and absorb food, researchers say. When immune cells recognize essential gut bacteria as foreign, inflammatory bowel disease such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease can be the painful, debilitating result. In a study published in the journal Nature, researchers show that the regulatory T cells, or Tregs, that keep this from happening in most of us come from the tiny...
The April Issue of Food Nutrition & Science Reviews a Study that Reveals Facilities for Migrant Workers Are Unsanitary and Dangerous; Also May is Mediterranean Diet Month; How Farmers are Using Apps to Manage their Farms; and more. SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cooking and eating facilities for migrant farm workers don't comply with health regulations, according to a recent study from Wake Forest School of Medicine, published in the American Journal of Public...
Gwyneth Paltrow may have been named People Magazine’s “Most Beautiful Woman in the World”, but she did not accomplish this feat alone. Paltrow radically altered her diet in an effort to improve her health, and raw dessert just may be your ticket to beauty accolades as well. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 26, 2013 Gwyneth Paltrow may have been named People Magazine’s “Most Beautiful Woman in the World”, but the recently-turned 40 year old beauty did not accomplish this feat...
University of Exeter Scientists at the University of Exeter and Texas A&M University found that when fish fight over food, it is personality, rather than size, that determines whether they will be victorious. The findings suggest that when resources are in short supply personality traits such as aggression could be more important than strength when it comes to survival. The study, published in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, found that small fish were able to do...
CHICAGO, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 1,300 state and local hunger-relief organizations sent a letter to Congress urging members to strengthen and protect programs and policies that shield vulnerable, low-income Americans from hunger. The letter comes as the House and Senate Agriculture Committees prepare to mark up farm bill legislation in May. The letter calls on Congress to protect the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), strengthen The Emergency...
NEW YORK, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dow AgroSciences, one of the nation's largest pesticide makers, along with various food companies, have persuaded several members of Congress to endorse a bill that directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reverse a proposed phaseout of sulfuryl fluoride, a highly toxic food fumigant and potent greenhouse gas, reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). If passed, the bill would make the United States one of only two...
Recent Highlights Include: SAN DIEGO, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Senomyx, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNMX), a company using proprietary taste science technologies to discover, develop, and commercialize novel flavor ingredients for the food, beverage, and ingredient supply industries, today reported financial results for the first quarter 2013. The Company ended the first quarter with $39.9 million in cash and highly liquid investments. "This is an exciting time for Senomyx as we...
Highlights BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) today reported first quarter net earnings attributable to the corporation of $72.0 million, or 47 cents per diluted share (including after tax charges of $15.9 million, or 11 cents per diluted share for business consolidation costs, discontinued operations and other activities) on sales of $2.0 billion, compared to $88.3 million, or 55 cents per diluted share, on sales of $2.0 billion...
The International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI) today announced the launch of its fully redesigned website: http://www.ifpti.org. Battle Creek, Mich. (PRWEB) April 24, 2013 The International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI) today announced the launch of its fully redesigned website: http://www.ifpti.org. The improved and updated website puts special emphasis on the institute’s food protection training systems, curriculum, instructor development, and Fellowship...
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The Mediterranean feather star is a filter feeder that obtains food by straining suspended matter and food particles from water. The star has a stalk that has up to forty tendrils, (threadlike organs) which help the star cling to hard surfaces. The “body” of the star is called a calyx and is shaped like a small cup. This calyx is surrounded by feathery pinnules bearing arms. These arms are quite unique in the fact that they can regenerate if one should get broken off; these arms extend to...
The harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), also known as the saddleback seal, is a true seal in the Phocidae family. It is native to northern areas of the Atlantic Ocean and to some areas of the Arctic Ocean. Its scientific name means "ice-lover from Greenland,” and it was previously classified within Phoca genus, although studies have shown that it is unique enough to be in a distinct genus. It holds two recognized subspecies, P. groenlandicus groenlandicus and P. groenlandicus oceanicus....
The Asian Green Mussel, Perna Viridis, is an economically noteworthy mussel, a bivalve in the family Mytilidae. It’s harvested for food but it is also known to harbor toxins and cause damage to submerged structures. It’s a native to the Asia-Pacific region but has been introduced in the Caribbean, and in the waters around Japan, North America, and South America. This mussel ranges from 80 to 100 millimeters in length and might occasionally reach 165 millimeters. The shell ends in a...
The Zino’s Petrel (Pterodroma madeira) is a little seabird in the gadfly petrel genus which is endemic to the island of Madeira. This long-winged petrel has a grey back and wings, with a dark “W” marking across the wings, and a grey upper tail. The undersides of the wings are blackish except for a white triangle at the front edge near the body, and the belly is white with grey flanks. It’s very similar in appearance to the slightly larger Fea’s Petrel, and separating these two...
The mouth is the beginning of the digestive system which takes in food and mixes it with saliva produced by glands located in the mouth. Formation and Orientation The first part of the mouth is the mouth cavity which contains the teeth and is limited by the lips, the roof, which is the hard and soft palate, and the floor of the mouth. This is the space where food is kept before it moves on to the esophagus. The orifice of the mouth is the line between the lower and upper lips and is...
