Archives for February 25, 2009

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GMA extols irradiation’s virtues for food safety

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

The Grocery Manufacturers Association has been at pains to reassure consumers that it does not consider irradiation a replacement for current food safety procedures, but it could be incorporated into the food safety system to minimize risk of food-borne...

Bumper rice harvest will ease prices, says FAO

By Jess Halliday

The rice shortages of last year look to be at an end, as farmers upped production this year to ease the tight supply situation, according to the latest market data from the Food and Agriculture Organization.