GeneRef - Food and Agriculture NewsGeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global ResourceMars Petcare US Issues Voluntary Recall of Everson, PA Plant Dry Pet Food Product due to Potential Salmonella Contamination (September 12)- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Mars Petcare US announced a voluntary recall of products manufactured at its Everson, Pennsylvania facility. The pet food is being voluntarily recalled because of potential contamination with Salmonella serotypeSchwarzengrund. This voluntary recall only ahttp://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=55162 Photosynthesizing bacteria with a day-night cycle contain rare chromosome- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Researchers sequencing the DNA of the blue-green algae Cyanothece 51142 found a linear chromosome harboring genes important for producing biofuels. Simultaneously analyzing the complement of proteins revealed more genes on the linear and typical circularhttp://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=55230 Wegmans Expands Dates of Bagel Recall and Includes Additional Bakery Products (September 11)- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. has expanded the voluntary recall of in-store made bagels and bialys first announced on Wednesday, September 10. The recall is now expanded to include Challah bread and in-store baked bagels, bialys and rolls. These products werhttp://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=55228 Pictures of hot fudge sundaes arouse: Understanding emotions improves our food choices- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Menus and advertising affect our emotions, and if we understand those emotions, we make better food choices, according to a new study.http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=55220 New study says high grain prices are likely here to stay- (Found September 17, 2008 ) An ethanol-fueled spike in grain prices will likely hold, yielding the first sustained increase for corn, wheat and soybean prices in more than three decades, according to new research by two University of Illinois farm economists.http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=55214 Economic value of insect pollination worldwide estimated at 153 billion euros- (Found September 17, 2008 ) INRA and CNRS French scientists and a UFZ German scientist found that the worldwide economic value of the pollination service provided by insect pollinators, bees mainly, was 153 billion in 2005 for the main crops that feed the world. This figure amountehttp://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=55208 Giant grass offers clues to growing corn in cooler climes, researchers report- (Found September 17, 2008 ) A giant perennial grass used as a biofuels source has a much longer growing season than corn, and researchers think they've found the secret of its success. Their findings should help develop cold-tolerant corn, significantly boosting per-acre yields.http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=55209 Biological selenium removal: The solution to pollution- (Found September 17, 2008 ) A new study funded by the European Union has demonstrated that unsafe levels of selenium, sometimes referred to as an "essential toxin," can be reduced by a microbiological treatment. With this method, microorganisms reduce selenate to the less-toxic elemhttp://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=55199 American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Sept. 10, 2008- (Found September 17, 2008 ) The American Chemical Society News Service Weekly Press Package contains reports from 36 major peer-reviewed journals on chemistry, health, medicine, energy, environment, food, nanotechnology and other hot topics.http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=55182 Cyanobacterium sequenced features rare linear chromosome- (Found September 17, 2008 ) A team of researchers headed by biologists at Washington University in St. Louis has sequenced the genome of a unique bacterium that manages two disparate operations -- photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation -- in one little cell during two distinct cycleshttp://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=55229 |