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This work discusses the sources, identification, analysis, biosynthesis and practical applications of all polysaccharides important to the food industry, focusing on the complex interrelationships between the chemical structure and physical behavior of food polysaccharides. It covers individual polysaccharides in order of increasing molecular complexity.
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An investigation of science, politics and our food production system, this text exposes the bogus science, political interference and flawed policies that threaten our food supply. The author tells the story of BSE, revealing how top scientists have been muzzled and how the epidemic continues. Then, against a backdrop of burning cows, Andrew Rowell exposes how trade and macro-economic policies overruled good science in the foot and mouth catastrophe. He also opens the black box of the so-called GM revolution to expose the myth behind the marketing. In tracing how critics are silenced in the bottom-line climate of commercialized science and privatized knowledge, Rowell tells the true story of the widely publicized Pusztai GM potato scandal of the late 1990s and the ongoing Mexican maize GM contamination affair. Finally, the book offers radical solutions to make science work in the public interest and provide food that really is safe to eat.
This revised edition documents one of the longest and most successful popular protests in modern French history - the Larzac movement. Drawing on ethnographic field data from the Larzac plateau, it examines the activities of the movement since 1995.
What Is Genetic Engineering The alteration and manipulation of the genes in an organism via the use of technology is referred to as genetic engineering and is also known as genetic modification or genetic manipulation. It is a collection of techniques that may alter the genetic make-up of cells, including the transfer of genes both inside and across species, with the goal of producing creatures that are superior to or unique from those that already exist. Either by isolating and copying the genetic material of interest using recombinant DNA techniques or by chemically synthesising the DNA, new DNA may be created. Recombinant DNA methods can be found here. In most cases, a construct is built ...
The quality and safety of the food we eat attracts a great deal of publicity and is high on the list of public concerns. This highly emotive issue is discussed in this timely book, which brings together a group of experts to present up-to-date and balanced overviews on a wide range of topics including GM crops; hazardous microorganisms such as E. coli; the BSE/CJD problem; and cancer-causing chemicals, both natural and synthetic. Thought-provoking and of interest to a wide readership, this authoritative review will be welcomed by food scientists, legislators, government officials and advisors. Students of food science or environmental science will also find it essential reading.