Following the disaster at Japan's Fukushima nuclear facility, all milk, milk products, fresh vegetables and fruit from the prefecture nearest to the stricken plant would be barred from entering into the U.S., according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
U.S. patent no. 7,910,758, issued on March 22, was assigned to H R D Corp. for "Catalytic Hydrogenation Process for the Production of Low Trans Fat-Containing Triglycerides" was invented by Abbas Hassan (Sugarland, Texas), Ebrahim Bagherzadeh (Sugar Land, Texas), Rayford G. Anthony (College Station, Texas), Gregory Borsinger (Chatham, N.J.) and Aziz Hassan (Sugar Land, Texas).
Groupe Lactalis SA, a subsidiary of BSA International SA and ultimately owned by Défitrans SARL, agreed to acquire an additional 15.3% stake in Parmalat SpA from Mackenzie Financial Corp, Skagen AS and Zenit Asset Management AB for 742.4 million euros ($1.1 billion) in cash.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is denying a food additive petition (FAP 0M4181) proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of a source of irradiation to treat shellfish and finfish.
The high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets many people turn to for weight loss might have potentially harmful long-term effects on the colon, a small study hints.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has assigned a patent to Mead Johnson Nutrition for "probiotic stabilization." Publication number WO/2011/035093 was published on March 24.
A study of Alaska's Yup'ik Eskimos, who consume 20 times more omega-3 fats from fish than most Americans, suggests these oils can prevent obesity-related illness such as diabetes and heart disease, researchers said.
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