Press Release Archive
Releases dated July - December 2004
- Future food for health - 14 December 2004 With the support of consumers, the government and industry, science can help deliver healthier manufactured foods, according to Dr Reg Wilson of the Institute of Food Research (IFR)
- The road to allergy - 18 November 2004 A UK scientist has discovered the route and type of transport taken by peanut proteins through the gut to the immune system
- New technology helps Norwich scientists fight killer bug - 12 October 2004 Ground-breaking technology is helping IFR to combat a common cause of food-poisoning responsible for more than 100 deaths in the UK every year
- Understanding food allergy - 1 October 2004 Do all salad manufacturers know that celery allergy is one of the ingredients that must be clearly labelled under the new food labelling directive?
- Vitamin D briefing - a summary - 16 September 2004
- Food with the guts to stand up to cancer - 22 July 2004 Cancers of the gut are one of the major causes of death from cancer, but a review published this week shows that they are also amongst the most preventable through changes in diet
- Training clinicians on disease fighting chemicals in food - 16 July 2004 The Institute of Food Research is opening its doors to Norfolk GPs and other health professionals in a seminar to provide access to cutting edge nutrition science
Releases dated January - June 2004
- IFR - Industry Knowledge Sharing Day - 28 May 2004 The Institute of Food Research is holding a knowledge sharing day on 23rd June. The meeting will facilitate a closer dialogue between food-related industry and food-related academic research.
- Quality Award for Institute of Food Research - 24 May 2004 IFR has received ISO 9001 certification from the international certification body Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Ltd for its entire operations
- Vegetables yield anticancer chemical - 10 May 2004 IFR have found that natural chemicals sabotage the uncontrolled cell division of colon cancer cells
- Careless talk costs lives in food allergy - 7 May 2004 A team of scientists, led by IFR, has discovered an immune system malfunction that is likely to play a profound role in food allergy
- Professor David White to be next Director of the Institute of Food Research - 5 May 2004
- Helping tomatoes cope with stress may be good for us - 23 April 2004 Scientists have today reported the discovery and use of a gene that may help protect plants and humans against disease
- Poultry probiotics - 7 April 2004 UK scientists have discovered a new way to combat food poisoning, by targeting it in living animals using beneficial bacteria.
- Launching a new Integrated Research Project: SEAFOODplus - 21 January 2004 The way is free for the biggest research project that the EU has ever sponsored in the seafood sector
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