It is an essential element in the diet of not only humans but of animals, and even of many plants. It is one of the most effective and most widely used of all food preservatives (and used to preserve Egyptian mummies as well). Its industrial and other uses are almost without number. In fact, salt has great current as well as historical interest, even the subject of humorous cartoons and poetry and useful in film-making.
The fact is that throughout history, salt–called sodium chloride by chemists–has been such an important element …

SALES, profits, dividends and margins are up while net debt has fallen. As this week’s full-year results from the Kerry Group demonstrate, it’s not all doom and gloom out there. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
After a diet of virtually uninterrupted pessimism, Stan McCarthy’s company lifted our spirits when it published an excellent set of full-year results last week. These showed that 2008 sales at Kerry had increased by 6.3 per cent in local currency terms to €4.8bn, while trading profits (profits before interest and goodwill write-offs), …

Eschewing pesticides, food additives and other toxic substances in your diet in favor of organic food is a major lifestyle choice – at least it was a few years ago. These days, a plethora of organic food options exist, even for babies and you will find that your organic baby food company choices are more than you imagined.
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The biggest baby food manufacturer of them all, Gerber, has had an organic line for several years now but has recently revamped their image to create a tighter focus on this …

What is a food allergy?
An allergy is an exaggerated immune system response to something the body believes is foreign. This results in an overproduction of a particular type of immunoglobulin (such as IgE, IgG or IgA) when the person encounters the allergen.
With food allergies it may begin as soon as a person touches (hands, lips etc) the food, resulting in swelling. These types of extreme reactions may cause a shock reaction in the body known as anaphylaxis, where the blood vessels become leaky causing swelling that may block the airways, …

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) today (March 2) released its Food Safety Report for January 2009, which covered food surveillance results for the month.
　　About 4,600 food samples were tested in January. Among them, about 3,800 were taken for chemical tests and about 700 for microbiological tests. The overall satisfactory rate was 98.9%, with 51 samples found unsatisfactory.
　　While microbiological tests cover pathogens and viruses, chemical tests are conducted to detect sweeteners, preservatives, metallic contamination, colouring matters, veterinary drug residues, pesticides and melamine.
　　Samples tested included vegetables, fruits and their products; meat, …

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Age spots, sometimes also called liver spots sunspots, the colors and spots on the skin, which are closely associated with age and sun. …

　BEIJING — China’s top legislature approved the Food Safety Law on Saturday, providing a legal basis for the government to strengthen food safety control “from the production line to the dining table.”
　　The law, which goes into effect on June 1, 2009, will enhance monitoring and supervision, toughen-up safety standards, recall substandard products and severely punish offenders.
　　The National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee gave the green light to the intensively-debated draft law at a four-day session, following a spate of food scandals which triggered vehement calls for overhauling China’s current monitoring …

When approached by a situation that involves cooking for a vegan, even professional cooks can have problems in deciding exactly what to cook for the main dish and side dishes that make up a proper dinner. The following are a few helpful rules to aid you in the process of devisinbg menus for your vegan guests:
What is a Vegan? There is much confusion between vegan and vegetarianism – they are not the same. While a vegetarian often avoids all meat products, vegans avoid all meat and fish AND any associated …

Despite recent events, the United States continues to enjoy one of the safest food supplies in the world. But recent stories of food contamination have troubled many American consumers and, in some cases, affected their confidence in our food supply.
People need to know that the brands they buy and the foods they eat are safe, which is why product safety is priority one for our industry. Without consumer confidence, nothing else we do is possible. In an ever-expanding domestic and global marketplace, we must always be looking for ways to …

Feb 27th, 2009 | BEIJING — China’s legislature enacted a tough new food safety law Saturday, promising tougher penalties for makers of tainted products in the wake of scandals that exposed serious flaws in monitoring of the nation’s food supply.
Five years in the making, the law consolidates hundreds of disparate regulations and standards covering China’s 500,000 food processing companies, said Xin Chunying, a vice chairman of the legislative committee of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee.
The law pays special attention to the issue of food additives that lay at the …