/channels/taxonomy/term/20744/all en /channels/channels/event/food-authenticity-seminar-series-developing-advanced-analytical-techniques-combat-food-fraud-353914 <h2>Developing Advanced Analytical Techniques to Combat Food Fraud</h2> Wed, 03 Jan 2024 23:24:32 +0000 webfull 196061 at /channels /channels/channels/event/food-authenticity-seminar-series-look-digital-traceability-351570 <h2>Navigating the Supply Chain: Digital Traceability as a Pillar of Food Authenticity Management</h2> Mon, 02 Oct 2023 20:10:27 +0000 webfull 193472 at /channels /channels/channels/news/how-can-use-plastics-agriculture-become-more-sustainable-351432 <p>It is impossible to imagine modern agriculture without plastics—12 million tons are used every year. But what about the environmental consequences? An international team of authors, including șÚÁÏČ»ŽòìÈ Department of Bioresource Engineering Professor <a href="/bioeng/faculty-and-staff/academic-staff/jan-adamowski">Jan Franklin Adamowski</a> and Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry Associate Professor and Chair <a href="/foodscience/staff-and-research/stephane-bayen">StĂ©phane Bayen</a>, addresses this question in a recent study.</p> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 20:30:12 +0000 webfull 193280 at /channels /channels/channels/news/stephane-bayen-appointed-chair-department-food-science-and-agricultural-chemistry-349686 <p><img alt="StĂ©phane Bayen" src="/macdonald/files/macdonald/stephane-bayen-2023.png" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-left:10px; height:304px; width:200px" />Professor <a href="/foodscience/staff-and-research/stephane-bayen">StĂ©phane Bayen</a> has been appointed as the new Chair of the <a href="/foodscience/">Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry</a> effective September 1, 2023 until June 30, 2028. Dr. Bayen received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the National University of Singapore in 2005.</p> Wed, 16 Aug 2023 19:12:12 +0000 webfull 191145 at /channels /channels/channels/news/take-look-inside-montreal-restaurants-basement-farm-349679 <p>A restaurant in Montreal's Southwest borough is taking a more direct interpretation of "farm to table," growing much of their produce in the basement, refurbished with cooling, lighting, and humidity systems.</p> <p>CafĂ© Monk co-owners Peter Simard and Eric Pineault call the refurbished bunker Ferme Fortuna. Since building the farm during the pandemic, when produce prices were spiking and stock was unreliable, they've used the farm to supplement the menu and sell the surplus to nearby restaurants.</p> Wed, 16 Aug 2023 18:13:04 +0000 webfull 191140 at /channels /channels/channels/event/food-authenticity-seminar-series-fighting-food-fraud-data-349498 <p>The adulteration of food for economic gain is a global phenomenon and rising in severity due to the globalization of the world’s supply chain and the economic crisis caused by the invasion of Ukraine.</p> Wed, 09 Aug 2023 15:47:58 +0000 webfull 191001 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-whos-cancer-research-agency-list-aspartame-sweetener-possible-carcinogen-349126 <p>Aspartame, used in products such as diet sodas and chewing gum, will soon be listed as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" for the first time by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer research arm. (<a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/whos-cancer-research-agency-say-aspartame-sweetener-possible-carcinogen-sources-2023-06-29/">Reuters</a>)</p> Wed, 19 Jul 2023 15:21:43 +0000 webfull 190592 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-science-behind-last-us-345520 <p>HBO’s hotly anticipated TV adaptation of the acclaimed <i>The</i> <i>Last of Us</i> game series premiered on January 15, showcasing the world after a devastating fungal pandemic wiped out most of humanity, a fictional brain infection that experts say is inspired by a very real set of fungi that can hijack their hosts and turn them into zombies. (<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2023/01/16/the-last-of-us-zombie-infection-is-real-heres-what-scientists-say-about-the-threat-to-humans/?sh=7e3c4b132a6e">Forbes</a>)</p> Mon, 23 Jan 2023 21:29:11 +0000 webfull 186591 at /channels /channels/channels/news/digestive-system-cows-influences-humans-vitamin-b12-intake-331408 <p>Milk is the main source of vitamin B12 consumption for Canadians. A glass of cow’s milk contains about 46% of the daily-recommended dietary intake of vitamin B12 for adults. But what factors influences the concentration of B12 in a glass of milk? Turns out, what cows eat and how they digest it can impact human’s B12 intake.</p> Tue, 08 Jun 2021 17:38:46 +0000 webfull 170994 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-world-food-safety-day-june-7-331387 <p>World Food Safety Day (WFSD) celebrated on 7 June 2021 aims to draw attention and inspire action to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks, contributing to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agriculture, market access, tourism and sustainable development. This year’s theme, ‘Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow’, stresses that production and consumption of safe food has immediate and long-term benefits for people, the planet and the economy. (<a href="https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-food-safety-day/2021">WHO</a>)</p> Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:50:12 +0000 webfull 170972 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-food-safety-and-food-recall-warnings-297791 <p>Food recall warnings by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency occurs almost every week in Canada.</p> <p>Here's an expert who can answers questions about food safety:</p> Thu, 13 Jun 2019 17:09:52 +0000 webfull 149924 at /channels