Melamine and its potential toxicity have drawn increased attention since a 2008 crisis in China in which milk, infant formula, and other foods were illegally laced with the chemical in order to increase their apparent protein content. That contamination affected an estimated 294,000 infants and children, with more than 50,000 hospitalizations and at least 6 deaths. In a new analysis of specific...

Full: HTML / PDF (387K) Select Citation Influence of Storage Conditions on the Structure, Thermal Behavior, and Formation of EnzymeResistant Starch in Extruded Starches Hélène Chanvrier, Surjani Uthayakumaran, Ingrid A. M. Appelqvist, Michael J. Gidley, Elliot P. Gilbert, and Amparo López-Rubio pp 9883 9890; (Article) DOI: 10.1021/jf071974e Abstract Full: HTML / PDF (188K) Select Citation Use o...

The food supply chain is truly a global supply chain wherein finished products and raw materials are transported across continents to fulfil requirements of consumers. The networks of supply encompass different languages, cultural systems, regulations etc. The entire farmer to end user cycle spans multiple risks and uncertainties which can manifest themselves in form of financial losses to huma...