One of the biggest stumbling blocks to securing a massive free trade agreement between the United States and Europe is a sharp disagreement on genetically modified foods. Much of the corn, soybean, sugar beets and cotton ...
Biotechnology
Aug 2, 2013
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The Central Intelligence Agency admitted this week that it had been compromised for months in 2013 by a network of high-tech snack thieves.
Security
Jun 22, 2017
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Like politicians who adopt regional accents to appeal to local audiences, the manufacturers of potato chips vary the wording on their bags to convey their products' authenticity in different ways to different ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Dec 1, 2011
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Kettle-cooked or ridged, salted or flavored, Americans love potato chips, consuming an average six pounds per person per year.
Biotechnology
Feb 22, 2011
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A new study from Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business finds that Americans who believe in equality are more-impulsive shoppers. And it has implications for how to market products differently in countries where ...
Social Sciences
Oct 20, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies tying a new species of Candidatus Liberibacter bacteria to zebra chip (ZC) disease in potato should speed efforts to better protect the tuber crop from costly outbreaks.
Ecology
Oct 14, 2009
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In 2002, the discovery of acrylamide in certain snacks rattled consumers and the food industry. Acrylamide, a probable human carcinogen, forms by a chemical reaction during baking or frying. Although experts say it's impossible ...
Other
Sep 11, 2019
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Irish potato, one of the world's major food crops, is increasingly grown and processed for use in various products; consider the popularity of consumer favorites like French fries and potato chips. In the closely scrutinized ...
Other
Apr 16, 2010
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The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has developed a Certified Reference Material (CRM) for the accurate analysis of low levels of acrylamide in infant formula.
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 26, 2023
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For generations, Brian Sackett's family has farmed potatoes that are made into chips found on grocery shelves in much of the eastern U.S.
Environment
Mar 26, 2021
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