When you’re standing in the frozen food aisle, it’s nearly impossible to know whether that steak has thawed and been refrozen — a process with potentially harmful consequences. So, researchers reporting in ACS Sensors have designed a food-grade device from edible materials, including table salt, red cabbage and beeswax, that lets you know. The proof-of-concept […]

Fish farms use antibiotics to grow healthy fish. However, this has dangerous consequences. Firstly, eating such fish as food can be dangerous for humans. Secondly, the constant use of antibiotics leads to the emergence of bacterial resistance and requires the constant use of new drugs.

While millions around the world face the threat of famine or malnutrition, the production of feed for livestock and fish is tying up limited natural resources that could be used to produce food for people. New research from Aalto University, published in Nature Food [1], shows how adjustment to the feeding of livestock and fish […]