2008 NOV 3 - (VerticalNews.com) -- "The aim of this study was to analyze the chemical composition of essential oil isolated from the floral parts of Silene armeria L. by hydrodistillation and to test the efficacy of essential oil and the various leaf extracts against a diverse range of microorganisms comprising food spoilage and food-borne pathogenic bacteria. The chemical composition of essential oil was analyzed by the GC-MS," researchers in South Korea report ...read more

  2008 SEP 8 - (VerticalNews.com) -- "The available time span for food product and process innovation is steadily decreasing, and to increase the efficacy of the development cycles, systematic design procedures can be used to develop new and to redesign existing processes," scientists writing in the journal Food Science and Technology International report.

  "The Conceptual Process Design (CPD) methodologies used in chemical industry might also be applied in the food industry to rethink their systems and to break down the complexity of problems into several hierarchical levels. The Delft design matrix, a combination of the iterative design procedure, hierarchical decomposition and task driven methods, is a promising tool which can cover the different objectives and criteria of food design," wrote H. Hadiyanto and colleagues, Wageningen University ...read more

  2008 AUG 18 - (VerticalNews.com) -- According to recent research from Zurich, Switzerland, "The question was further investigated whether there could be conditions resulting in contamination of beverages in polycarbonate bottles for babies with bisphenol A (BPA) at concentrations causing the tolerable daily intake (TDI) to be approached or exceeded. It is a follow up of previous work showing increased release of BPA after extended use of the bottles. ...read more