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Artificial Proteins Never Seen in the Natural World Are Becoming New COVID Vaccines and Medicines
Late on a Friday night in April 2020, Lexi Walls was alone in her laboratory at the University of Washington, waiting nervously for the results of the most important experiment of her life. Walls, a young structural biologist with expertise in coronaviruses, had spent the past three months working day and night to develop a…
USDA puts $55.2 million into expanded meat and poultry access
Six years after Rep. Thomas Massie, R-KY, first introduced the PRIME Act to exempt so-called custom slaughtering from federal inspection and allow farmers to produce food for restaurants, grocery stores, and hotels, an alternative has emerged. It does not provide the freedom offered by the PRIME Act, but it does provide money. The U.S. Department…
Toxoplasma gondii tops risk ranking list in Norway
Toxoplasma gondii is at the top of a risk ranking report of 20 pathogens in Norway. It was followed by Campylobacter, Echinococcus multilocularis, enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), Listeria monocytogenes, and non-typhoidal Salmonella, according to the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM). The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) commissioned the report, which will be…
Lawsuits piling up against baby food firms over potential damage to infant brain development
There are reports of more than 80 lawsuits filed against firms that were named in a February congressional report about highly dangerous levels of arsenic and other poisons in baby food. The report, requested by federal legislators in November 2019, reviewed four toxic heavy metals: inorganic arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury. The Food and Drug…
Inspection of online food sales up in Czech Republic during pandemic
The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (SZPI) has revealed how inspectors had to focus more on online sales because of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. The agency did more than 1,000 inspections that focused on online sales from 616 firms at 806 establishments, according to its annual report. This was because of an increase…
Association contends aquaponics offer a solution to some food safety issues
The Annandale, VA-based Aquaponics Association is out with an article touting its growing methods as “solutions to foodborne illness outbreaks.” The Aquaponics Association is a nonprofit organization that cultivates aquaponics through “education, advocacy, and connection.” Written by the Aquaponics Association’s Victoria Mirowsky, the article notes that there are more than 250 identified foodborne diseases that…