Overview of Cuba's Food Rationing System

An Overview of the Food System

Credit Rationing in Developing Countries: An Overview of the Theory

Overview of Food Microbiology

1. Explain the structural similarities and/or differences among Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria as well as their isolation and identification using serological, biochemical, and molecular techniques. 2. Identify the functions of the bacterial cell wall. 3. Identify the extrinsic and intrinsic parameters that affect bacterial growth. 4. List the primary sources of microorganisms in meat...

Food allergy: an overview.

Food allergy affects between 5% and 7.5% of children and between 1% and 2% of adults. The greater prevalence of food allergy in children reflects both the increased predisposition of children to develop food allergies and the development of immunologic tolerance to certain foods over time. Immunoglobulin (Ig) E-mediated food allergies can be classified as those that persist indefinitely and tho...

Editorial overview: Food biotechnology.

Recent and ongoing developments in the area of food biotechnology could help us meet at least some of these challenges: Among many other topics, current efforts include the development of plants having an enhanced nutritional value or the design and construction of microbial strains for the environmental-friendly production of food and feed additives, such as flavors, colorants, amino acids and...