News tagged with food imports

Banned antibiotics in Asian fish imports: Australia

Australian officials are seeing a rising number of Asian fish imports containing banned antibiotics, a report said Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Genomics of wood for biofuels production investigated

A team of Virginia Tech researchers is working to characterize the genes involved in wood formation in poplar trees with the goal of improving the quality and quantity of wood as a feedstock for biofuels production.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Trade liberalization linked to obesity in Central America

Since trade liberalization between Central and North America, imports and availability of processed, high-fat and high-sugar foods have increased dramatically. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Globalization an ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0