Molecular Farming: HIV drug made in GM tobacco enters clinical trialstoday in London, UK regulators announced the approval of Europe's first clinical trial of an anti-HIV product produced in genetically modified tobacco plants.
If organic dairy producers cannot get uncontaminated organic alfalfa to feed their cows, they will not be able to get their milk certified as organic.
Nestle also questioned the ability for regulators to prevent pollen from GM CROPS to contaminate organic crops nearby.
About a decade ago, the World health organization (WHO) advised mothers to exclusively breastfeed â oe that is, nothing but human milk â oe their infants for the first 6 months of their lives.
To that end, informal breast-milk shares have popped up about the country. But breast-milk-sharing isn't encouraged by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA.
The use of donor milk, especially off the internet, according to the agency this past December, poses risk for the baby.
and to a limited number of prescription drugs that might be in the human milk, if the donor has not been screened adequately
if human milk is handled not and stored properly, like any type of milk, it could spoil.
The alternative could be breast-milk banks â oe who screen donors and are sometimes state-regulated.
There are currently 11 members of the Human Milk Banking Association of America. Happy Humpday. Image:
Queen Marie Casimire by Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter via Wiki
Mushroom power: Scientists find fungi that could give next-gen biofuels a boostthe formula to low-cost biofuel might be found within mushrooms.
For example, anticoagulant ATRYN is produced in the milk of genetically modified goats and if current methods to create these types of animals can be improved,
including the 2008 melamine milk contamination incident that killed six children and sickened some 300,000 more.
The weekly reports of toxic bean sprouts, milk containing leather-hydrolyzed protein, aluminum-tainted dumplings and cadmium-laced rice is enough to make anyone wary of
One day, humans may not need breastsparents have fed their babies formula milk since the mid 1800's,
In  the 1970's and 1980's international health agencies began to promote the health benefits of breast milk.
They're special sugars called human milk oligosaccharides (HMO. And until now, they've been too prohibitively expensive ($1000 Â pre gram) to put into formula.
whether the manufactured 2fl can be added to formula milk. This new research may be the most promising breast milk work-around yet
I've previously reported on efforts to produce goats that synthesize the human breast milk ingredients
If  infant formula technology  truly succeeds at reaching equal benefits to  breast milk,
 China has been afflicted by a string of food safety scandals in recent years, from lethal baby-milk powder to fake pig-trotters.
In Brussels, there is a new weapon of choice--milk. Screenshot/BBC footage The BBC's Anna Holligan recently visited Brussels,
where hordes of angry farmers, dismayed at current dairy prices, took to the streets in protest.
The BBC reports that milk is currently being sold for less than it costs to produce, which effectively means dairy farms in the region are running on a loss.
and buildings--including the European parliament--with hoses full of milk. Protester Julien Husquet said: Politics are really killing us.
 The European Milk Board (EMB) says that small dairy farmers are being forced out of business,
and the wholesale price of milk is 34 cents, but costs roughly 50 cents to produce.
View footage of the milk protest here. Image credit: Screenshot/BBC Related: Should we'ban killer robots before it's too late'?
the students from 40 city schools enjoyed a breakfast of Greek yogurt and listened as administration officials gave shout outs to school-based food successes,
Its partners include Stonyfield Farms, the organic yogurt company, she said, and one of its most popular items is a five-ingredient hotdog made with grass-fed beef. â Å Food has to taste good in order for kids to want to eat it,
Updated Jan 29 around 10:05 a m. PST adding reference to alternative nuclear's improved waste managementcover photo of Half Dome at Yosemite is from Diliff via Wikimediathe land of milk and honey-and radiation:
Thomas finds the food fear in Japan baffling a sign of modern and misbegotten hysteria. â Å The most important thing to do immediately after the accident was to restrict the consumption of locally produced milk and green leafy vegetables
and sour milk German airports use honeybees to sniff out air quality Breath test can detect cancer New remote sensing system can detect explosives
Baby milk rationed in UK over China export fearretailers in the UK are rationing sales of powdered baby milk because of a surge in demand in China.
Danone, the manufacturer of Aptamil and Cow And gate baby milk powder, said most supermarkets were introducing a restriction of two cans per customer.
It said the limit was to prevent some individuals from bulk-buying baby milk for"unofficial exports".
"Retailers were also capping sales of Nestle's SMA milk, despite the company saying there were no stock shortages.
including increasing production of milk, which means extra supplies of all its brands are arriving every week, according to BBC business correspondent Emma Simpson.
"If parents are unable to find their baby's usual brand of milk, we recommend they try another local store
"Retailers are taking this precautionary step to ensure stocks continue to be available to everyone wanting baby milk,
-and do not anticipate-any stock issues for powdered infant milks. We would like to reassure our consumers that we are not seeking to impose any limits on the sale of our formula,
Contrary to reports, Nestle UK has requested never that retailers limit the supply of SMA powdered infant milks sold to consumers
In past centuries, its 164 households would have been sustained by the output of local farms and dairies.
But, over the last 60 years, the dairies closed and the farmers directed their harvests towards the vast hoppers of agro-industry.
"You can imagine that the yogurt will have a fruity kind of membrane. It could be raspberry, cherry, blueberry.
but when you cut it with a spoon it all yogurt inside, "he says. The professor has constructed all of these creations,
That means that hundreds of thousands of cows all over the world are producing tens of millions of liters of milk per day at the pumps of robots rather than the hands of farmers.
it also automates milk testing right at the milking station and pushes the data to the farmer smartphone.
and measuring fat, protein and lactose levels allow the farmer to monitor the quality of their milk.
An automated brush system not only cleans the cows and cuts down on milk contamination but through tactile stimulation will trigger the hormone oxytocin that stimulates milk production.
Milking speed and dead milking times are monitored also so the farmer can make adjustments if he needs to to increase productivity.
According to Lely, the Astronaut system produces 10 to 15 percent more milk than conventional farmers who typically milk twice a day.
In some cases, certain foods, such as cow's milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, yeast products, nuts,
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