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Researchers advocate for detection technology over best-before dates
A team of researchers advocating for replacing best-before dates with new packaging technology that they claim detects food spoilage.
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Researchers share guidelines to help children “build tolerance” to food allergens
A team of researchers from McMaster University has developed the inaugural guidelines aimed at assisting families intending to enhance their child's tolerance to common food allergens.
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Is this food additive linked to an increased risk of coeliac disease?
French and Canadian researchers suggest E551, a common food additive, may increase the risk of coeliac disease in those predisposed to the auto-immune condition.
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Researchers create tray that warns of pathogen contamination
Researchers have created a packaging tray that they claim warns of contamination before the food is unwrapped.
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Scientists develop “rapid” salmonella detector
Researchers have developed a colorimetric sensor that they claim can “rapidly” detect food contaminated with salmonella using a nucleic acid probe.
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The transparent food packaging patch that detects off meat
Is that meat still good? Are you sure? McMaster researchers have developed a test to bring certainty to the delicate but critical question of whether meat and other foods are safe to eat or need to be thrown out.
