Genetics

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Leveraging genomics in microbial risk management

07-Jun-2023 By Alan Littlechild, Celina To and Eric Brown

Food Manufacture hears from a roundtable of three experts from Mars, the FDA and Oxford Nanopore Technologies, as they discuss how one can use the power of genomics in contamination incident management.

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Personalised nutrition ‘really works’: new research

13-Apr-2016 By Rick Pendrous

New EU research shows that diets targeted at an individual’s specific needs –personalised nutrition – can improve health more than general nutrition advice, but the results are not improved by honing that advice based on people's phenotype (physiological...

Nutrigenomics firm in talks with leading food firms

18-Jun-2007 By Elaine Watson

Leading food and drink manufacturers are in discussions with nutrigenomics firm WellGen about using an ingredient beneficially affecting the...

FSA scientists support collection of genetic info

11-Jun-2007 By Rick Pendrous

Experts on the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) have supported the recording of people’s...

Unilever: DNA diets in 5 years

27-Apr-2007

Unilever is just five years away from selling products based on its growing understanding of the interaction between diets and gene...

Investigation of 'gene diets' may fuel calls for closer control

27-Dec-2006 By Elaine Watson

Genuinely personalised nutrition is still a long way off, say experts, as firms defend claims

Big commercial potential in nutrigenomics, say DNA testing firms

31-Jul-2005 By Elaine Watson

Firms offering dietary advice on the basis of DNA testing claim that customers are already demanding products that are specifically formulated to...