We are living in a world confronted with two interdependent global problems: the problem of energy and the problem of food. Neither can be solved satisfactorily without remedying the other. To carry the argument to the extreme, efficient food production at the global level can be achieved only with the aid of artificially produced energy, and unless mankind has the food necessary for survival, ...

I rom the beginning, all civilizations have had to evolve systems for ensuring adequate supplies of safe and nutritious food to meet the needs of their people. Ideally, such supplies would be of high quality, be comprised of a wide variety of food items, and be affordable to even the most disadvantaged members of society. To meet their food requirements, people have had to cope with a number of...

by certain fungi belonging to the genus Aspergillus spp and can occur as natural contaminants of poultry food [1]. Aflatoxicosis in poultry causes listlessness, anorexia with lowered growth rate, poor food utilization, decreased weight gain, decreased egg production, increased susceptibility to environmental and microbial stresses, and increased mortality [2]. Also associated with aflatoxicosis...

Radiations and radioisotopes are used in agricultural research to induce genetic variability in crop plants to develop improved varieties, to manage insect pests, monitor fate and persistence of pesticides, to study fertilizer use efficiency and plant micronutrient uptake and also to preserve agricultural produce. Use of radiation and radioisotopes in agriculture is one of the most important fi...

Increased whole grain intake has been shown to reduce the risk of many non-communicable diseases. Countries including the USA, Canada, Denmark and Australia have specific dietary guidelines on whole grain intake but others, including the UK, do not. Data from 1986/87 and 2000/01 have shown that whole grain intake is low and declining in British adults. The aim of the present study was to descri...

Irradiation as an alternative quarantine treatment has been under consideration by the International Consultative Group on Food Irradiation. This study was conducted on early and late season ‘Rio Red’ grapefruit to investigate the effects of harvest date, storage, and low dose irradiation on functional constituents, and quality. Fruit was treated with 0, 70, 200, 400 and 700 Gy and then stored ...

BACKGROUND A capillary electrophoresis method using UV detection was developed to analyse protein composition of the lysates of two foodborne pathogens, Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus which were previously treated at different irradiation doses. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Bacterial samples were γ-irradiated at different doses to produce damage cells, to kill cells an...