Archives for September 22, 2009

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Royal wedding sparks 'herbal valium' concern

By David Visick

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has warned the public of the dangers of Aconite after media reports suggested a celebrity had taken the poisionous plant to reduce stress before her wedding to a member of the royal family

Special edition: Brain health

Supply: The back-end of brain health

By Shane Starling

In the third article in this brain health series, we break down some of the key ingredients in the sector.

Kraft moves closer to sterol approval down under

By Guy Montague-Jones

Kraft Foods is a step closer to becoming the first company to win approval to use plant sterols in reduced fat cheese in New Zealand and Australia after a positive regulatory assessment.

USDA joins disease-reduction nutrition research group

By David Visick

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is to set up a new clinical nutrition center at the North Carolina Research Campus, sharing facilities with several academic and industry projects.

Irish establish functional foods initiative

By Shane Starling

Four of Ireland’s biggest healthy ingredients companies have joined with academics to form Food for Health Ireland (FHI), a group that will bring together partners up and down the value chain to develop and market ingredients and functional foods.