La population est de plus en plus pr茅occup茅e par la pr茅sence de contaminants chimiques dans les aliments et l鈥檈au potable. 芦听Et pour cause, car l鈥檋umain est expos茅 脿 un cocktail de milliers de substances chimiques听禄, affirme St茅phane Bayen, professeur adjoint au d茅partement des sciences de l鈥檃limentation et de chimie agricole de l鈥橴niversit茅 McGill.
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Published on: 11 Feb 2019
Mais comment d茅veloppe-t-on de nouveaux ingr茅dients fonctionnels? Avec 茅norm茅ment de rigueur scientifique et de patience, comme en font foi les travaux de recherche de Salwa Karboune, professeure adjointe et doyenne 脿 la recherche au d茅partement des sciences des aliments et d鈥檃griculture 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 McGill. 芦 Nous savons aujourd鈥檋ui que le microbiote intestinal est, en quelque sorte, le cerveau de notre sant茅 禄, affirme Mme Karboune. C鈥檈st pourquoi il est si important d鈥櫭﹖udier les compos茅s qui favorisent la sant茅 intestinale.
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Published on: 17 Jan 2019
In a recent episode of 听, Professor Salwa Karboune gaves viewers a birds-eye view of her work to define the antimicrobial activity of certain natural ingredients and better understand how they interact with each other. 鈥淭he more we understand this, the more we will be able to modulate the ingredients in such a way that they function appropriately in our food products鈥�.听
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Published on: 21 Sep 2018
NutriPulse has captured 3rd听 place in the 2018 World Vision Food Security Social Innovation challenge!听 听Co-Founders and PhD candidates Josephine Ampofo (FdSci), Adeyemi Adegbenjo听(BRE) and Zeyan Zhong听 (FdSci) will spend the next year building their project.
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Published on: 13 Aug 2018
(Op-ed by Lawrence Goodridge, Associate Professor and Director of the Food Safety and Quality Program in the Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry Department at 香蕉视频)
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Published on: 3 Jul 2018
Dozens of McGill researchers will participate in two of the five 鈥溾�� announced Thursday, Feb. 15, by the federal government and funded under its听.
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Published on: 19 Feb 2018
However, Lawrence Goodridge, the director of 香蕉视频's food safety and quality program, said the practice of thoroughly washing infected lettuce won't make it safe for consumption.
"That is actually untrue, that is not the case," he said.听"Washing lettuce or any fresh produce that may be contaminated with bacteria is a not a way to ensure its safety."鈥�
"The number of bacteria that one must consume to become sick is听so low 鈥� and when you wash a lettuce or any fresh produce, you cannot wash away 100听per cent of the bacteria."
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Published on: 8 Jan 2018
Unlike alcohol, which kills bacteria and toxins, Lawrence Goodridge argues, integrating cannabis in the place of alcohol may require a very different production process. 鈥淏ecause cannabis is a plant, there are certain concerns -- like the possibility of pesticides used in production, or the type of fertilizer used, or the potential presence of heavy metals that could be toxic to humans,鈥� the 香蕉视频 food safety expert explained to BNN in a telephone interview.
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Published on: 7 Nov 2017
The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, announced a total investment of $52 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund for 220 new infrastructure projects nationally. Among the 51 universities across the country with funded projects, McGill leads the pack with an impressive number 鈥� 23 projects totaling $4.2 million 鈥� in this latest round of the funding competition.
Congratulations to Faculty members Val茅rie Gravel (Plant Science) and Salwa Karboune (Food Science) who were among the recipients.
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Published on: 17 Aug 2017
The list of 鈥渂ad things鈥� could range from gross but harmless spoilage to dangerous pathogens such as Clostridium botulinum. In the case of botulism, it鈥檚 the toxin produced from the bacteria that is harmful, not the bacteria itself, says Brigitte Cadieux, a postdoctoral fellow in 香蕉视频鈥檚 Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry.
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Published on: 20 Jun 2017
Congratulations to Hoshahalli S. Ramaswamy of the Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry who will be inducted into the Royal Society of Canada on November 18, in Kingston, Ontario.听 The Royal Society of Canada announced the 2016 Fellows on September 7; Professor Ramaswamy is one of ten McGill researchers this year to receive this honour.
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Published on: 8 Sep 2016
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Published on: 10 Aug 2016
For the second consecutive year, Macdonald Food Science teams have won big, Two teams 鈥� Rephyll and Fitamin Multimeal 鈥� took first place in their categories at the annual New Product Development Competitions, held as part of the 2016 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Conference.
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Published on: 25 Jul 2016
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Eurofins Food Safety Systems (EFSS) and the Food Safety and Quality Program (FSQP) at 香蕉视频 are excited to announce a signed agreement to provide co-branded public training for the Canadian food manufacturing industry. The courses include the highly sought-after FSMA Preventive Controls Qualified Individual Training as well as GFSI benchmarked standard training to SQF and BRC. The partnership is an exceptional pairing as Eurofins and 香蕉视频 share a common interest in the success of the Canadian food manufacturing industry.
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Published on: 10 Jun 2016
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LAWRENCE GOODRIDGE, DEPT. OF FOOD SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, WAS INTERVIEWED ON CBC RADIO鈥橲 HOMERUN AT 5:40 PM ABOUT AN OUTBREAK OF HEPATITIS A LINKED TO BERRIES SOLD AT COSTCO.
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Published on: 25 Apr 2016
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