Thank god it’s Friday – News from the food world – Week 38

Here's my article's selection of the week: BIRD FLU - New bird flu strain causing concern for poultry producers in SE Asia, by RJ Whitehead on foodnavigator-asia.com: a recently-emerged strain of avian influenza virus (H5N6) in poultry in Southeast Asia represents a new threat to animal health and livelihoods and must be closely monitored, the United Nation’s … Continue reading Thank god it’s Friday – News from the food world – Week 38

Seralini et al. study on GMO and rat cancer withdrawn? UPDATED 2.12.13

The Journal Food and Chemical Toxicolgy, due to the doubts about the quality of the data submitted by Gilles Eric Seralini for his controversial study on long term effects of GMO Maize NK603 The editor of the journal, A. Wallace Hayes, has sent Seralini a letter saying that the paper will be retracted if Seralini does not … Continue reading Seralini et al. study on GMO and rat cancer withdrawn? UPDATED 2.12.13