Archives for April 8, 2009

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US research project focuses on gut health and malnutrition

By Lorraine Heller

The US government has launched a research initiative to investigate the link between child malnutrition and intestinal infections, with the goal of developing intervention strategies that could promote the health of children around the world.

FDA issues warrant to inspect snack company for salmonella

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

FDA authorities finally served an inspection warrant on a New Jersey snack manufacturer on Wednesday 18 days after it refused to recall products containing peanuts supplied by the Peanut Corporation of America.

Gum kondagogu’s potential awaiting exploitation

By Stephen Daniells

Gum kondagogu, a ‘novel natural biopolymer’ from the tree Cochlospermum gossypium, is a ‘good emulsifying agent even at low concentration’, say Indian researchers.