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Food Preservation
Adulterated milk floods Maharashtra
Issue Date: Jul 31, 2007
contaminated milk continues to be sold in
Maharashtra despite crack-down measures taken by authorities. The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (fda),
had, in a study, found that 20 per cent of the milk is adulterated. Though the study prompted immediate action and licences of 21 dairies to be
suspended, yet, there is no respite.
Long lives the drink
Issue Date: Mar 31, 2004
Food - Sangri for the soul
Issue Date: Mar 15, 2003
It is quintessentially Rajasthani. But if you have the nose to find the local Marwari shopkeeper, you will find that it has travelled the length and breadth of the country along with this business community. Sangri ki phali (pods of the khejari tree; Prosopis cineraria) grows in Rajasthan but can be found easily in Burra Bazaar of Kolkata, Khari Baoli in Old Delhi or Sahukarpet in Chennai.
Birth of the cool
Issue Date: Jan 31, 2003
Some of the coolest sounds in the world are coming from a laboratory in Pennsylvania. At the lab, two US researchers are working on ways to use sound to chill food. They have produced a sonic fridge that converts very loud sounds to directly cool a fridge containing ice cream. The researchers hope their work will end reliance on greenhouse gases.
Acrylamide for snacks
Issue Date: May 31, 2002
frying and baking of starch rich foodstuff at very high temperatures results in the formation of a carcinogen called acrylamide. This has been proved by a recent study conducted by Sweden-based Stockholm University. According to the university's researchers, foods with very high levels of acrylamide include French fries, potato chips and crackers.
Endurance test for microorganisms
Issue Date: Jun 15, 1994
AS IF science isn't perplexing enough to most people, here's a technology that believes not in removing hurdles but putting them up. Fortunately, "hurdle technology" seeks not to confound reason but tries to hamper the growth of bacteria and fungi whose company spoils food and, like other technologies, is aimed at serving humans.
