Posted by Andrew Wadge on 27 January 2012 in Science, safety and health
Across the pond, cantaloupes, pine nuts, romaine lettuce and sprouts caused serious outbreaks of illness in 2011, according to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US. In fact, five of the most significant or unusual outbreaks of foodborne illness involved fresh produce. The CDC said that 2011 was the most active year in recent history for ‘foodborne illness outbreaks that crossed state lines’.
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Posted by Terrence Collis on 25 January 2012 in Science, safety and health
When I came across a research article entitled ‘Consumer preferences regarding food-related risk-benefit messages’ it grabbed my attention. Naively, I thought it would provide some useful insights into how best we can communicate risk to consumers, but after finishing the abstract I have to say I wasn’t any better informed.
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Posted by Andrew Wadge on 20 January 2012 in Science, safety and health
There are moments when this job is really exciting and you can actually see change happening. Like Wednesday, when I had the pleasure of discussing, with some of this country’s finest scientists, how developments in molecular biology are changing our approach to microbiology.
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Posted by Andrew Wadge on 18 January 2012 in General interest
What does the Turkish dairy industry have in common with the FSA? More than you might think…
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Posted by Andrew Wadge on 04 January 2012 in Science in Government
'What a weak barrier is truth when it stands in the way of any hypothesis'. Mary Wollstonecraft
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Posted by Andrew Wadge on 21 December 2011 in Science in Government
I was extremely pleased to see the Government recommending that all research funded by Research Councils UK be posted on a new open-access website, freely available to anyone and everyone. The Government also suggested that this site, Gateway to Research, eventually publishes research funded by other bodies.
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