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Vaccines to fight food pathogens

Vaccines to combat a number of foodborne pathogens such as Listeria could be commercially available in the near future, a breakthrough which would "greatly enhance human health and wellbeing worldwide," according to US researchers.

Numico buys Valio's baby food business

Leading formula maker Royal Numico is to buy the baby food business of Finland's Valio for €57 million in cash, the companies revealed yesterday.

Cilantro compound may fight food poisoning

A compound in cilantro could prove to be a safe, natural means of fighting foodborne disease such as Salmonella, according to a joint study by US and Mexican researchers.

FSA happy with meat safety

Concerns that uncooked meats and meat products on sale in the UK could contain high levels of the potentially harmful chemical 1,3-dichloropropanol (1,3-DCP) have proven unfounded following an investigation by the government-funded Food Standards...