CONTENTS                                                  May-Jun 2000

IN THE NEWS
Good market for organic foods Ö Strategic partnership Ö New food treatment project Ö Additional ingredients plant Ö Improving fish industry in Sri Lanka Ö Post-harvest technology transfer programme Ö Transgenic food rating agency Ö Poultry meat popular in Australia Ö Task force on food sector set up in Indian state Ö Malaysia to promote food quality for exports Ö Bar codes for exports mandatory in India Ö Preserving the cold chain Ö India plans to allow 100 per cent FDI Ö New protein source for poultry and livestock

INVENTIONS/NEW PRODUCTS
Biscuits produced from green gram for infants Ö New beverage can-end Ö Sugar whitening using ozone Ö New low-fat cheese Ö New drier from India Ö New smell identification tool Ö Software for food processing

R&D IDEAS
Milk protein protects meat Ö Electrified milk Ö Improving green tea flavour Ö Steam-sterilized fish cake Ö New food preservative Ö More like mother's milk

SAFETY/QUALITY CONTROL
New DNA test to determine meat quality Ö Measuring pH Ö New method to detect Salmonella Ö Odour sensing as a quality control tool Ö Synthetic milk detection kits Ö Detecting pathogens in food packages

STANDARDS/CERTIFICATION
New and revised Indian food standards Ö Change in Japan's proposed GM regulations Ö Assessing novel foods Ö Food labelling in Russia Ö Draft food standards code released by ANZFA

PRESERVATION
New freeze coating technology and chiller Ö Electroheating: Novel method to sterilize food products Ö Integrated drying system developed in China Ö New system for curing cardamom

MACHINERY/EQUIPMENT
New weighing and packing systems Ö Cans under control Ö Conveyor equipment Ö New mixer Ö Integrated single-pass mill Ö Reducing backstrain

PACKAGING
Aseptic PET filling system Ö Fruit processing/aseptic filling systems Ö Single-serve PET Ö Packaging boards

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