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Antimicrobial preservation strategies to prevent food contamination

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE:

14-Feb-2014

Contact: Vicki Cohn vcohn@liebertpub.com 914-740-2100 x2156 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News

New Rochelle, NY, February 13, 2014Food spoiling and poisoning caused by microbial contamination can cause major health, social, and economic problems. The broad scope of antimicrobial approaches to kill or prevent the growth of microorganisms in foods and beverages, including a variety of natural and artificial preservative strategies, are described in a comprehensive Review article in Industrial Biotechnology, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available on the Industrial Biotechnology website.

In the Review "Ingredient Technology for Food Preservation," Zuoxing Zheng, PhD, Principle Scientist at Kraft Foods Group (Glenview, IL) discusses new and emerging antimicrobials and how they are being used to improve the safety, quality, and shelf-life of food and beverage products. He describes antimicrobial mechanisms for preventing food spoilage and the criteria used to select particular antimicrobials for specific food or beverage applications.

"As we seek to expand global food production to meet the nutritional requirements of an increasing population, we also need to develop innovative solutions to prevent food spoilage and its impact on human health," says Co-Editor-in-Chief Larry Walker, PhD, Professor, Biological & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. "Biotechnology solutions must be on the table as we seek to address these challenges."

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About the Journal

Industrial Biotechnology, led by Co-Editors-in-Chief Larry Walker, PhD, and Glenn Nedwin, PhD, MoT, CEO and President, Taxon Biosciences, Tiburon, CA, is an authoritative journal focused on biobased industrial and environmental products and processes, published bimonthly in print and online. The Journal reports on the science, business, and policy developments of the emerging global bioeconomy, including biobased production of energy and fuels, chemicals, materials, and consumer goods. The articles published include critically reviewed original research in all related sciences (biology, biochemistry, chemical and process engineering, agriculture), in addition to expert commentary on current policy, funding, markets, business, legal issues, and science trends. Industrial Biotechnology offers the premier forum bridging basic research and R&D with later-stage commercialization for sustainable biobased industrial and environmental applications.

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Editors Picks: The 5 Best Looks From Thursday

The last day of New York Fashion Week kicked off with strong-shouldered power-suits in white and cool gray at Ralph Lauren. Then cameJ. Mendel and Calvin Klein, with their breakdown of '90s minimalism, followed by threeASFOUR, which presented a futuristic collection heavy on crisp winter whites. But it was at Marc Jacobs where the trend of space-age futurism was sealed. Click on to see all of our favorites from the last day of NYFW.

It was unclear whether it was a utopia or dystopia that Marc Jacobsconveyed a creepy, spoken-word soundtrack by Jessica Lange signalled the latter but the clothes itself were a warm and inviting collection of modish, simplified separates in neutral tones that hinted to life on some distant space station.

Calvin Kleinpresented a collection that riffed on many themes of the '90s (other than the brand's traditional minimalism). Black combat boots with white contrast laces gave way to ladylike shapes, but the runway was dominated by grungy textures of matted mohair and raw-boucl tweed.

ThreeASFOUR did not disappoint with a spacey futuristic collection of all-white looks. Our favorites were the mille-feuille white organza dresses in stranges shapes that gave off an unusual cloud-like effect.

Gilles Mendel ofJ. Mendelisknown for his fur and evening gowns and on Thursday he presented a collection of maroons, deep greens, and grays. Our favorite was a dripping, hunter-green charmeuse dress draped in an unusual way around the bodice.

Ralph Laurenwas a wash of pale neutrals, offset with mauves and pinks. The first looks were reminiscent of early '80s power-dressing, and made all the more improbable and luxurious in winter white.

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Listen: Adam From James & Evander Launches Pale Blue Dot, a New Space Disco Project

If you don't know, now you know: We are big fans of sublime East Bay electronic bummer pop outfit James & Evander. We also tend to like other musical projects that J&E's Glenn Jackson and Adam Myatt get involved in -- like the brand-new group Pale Blue Dot, a trio that specializes in what the members call "Carl Sagan disco." Think of space disco, but with a heavy dose of retro-futurism and a distinctly optimistic tint to the songs' slowly unfolding electronic layers. Pale Blue Dot's debut EP, available on Bandcamp (as well as limited edition cassette, natch), will appeal to fans of easygoing ambient electronic music in the vein of Tycho, as well as anyone coming down from a Todd Terje high:

Pale Blue Dot is pretty new, but the group has a show at Noise Pop opening for El Ten Eleven on Friday, Feb. 28, at the New Parish in Oakland. We expect good things from these three.

-- @iPORT

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