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NEW ISSUE! - December 15, 2003
Winter 2003
Common sensors for safer food
Nutrition facts, right on the label
Cloned meat okay to eat
Past issues:
Fall 2003
Colour me healthy
More 'C'
A colourful harvest
Summer 2003 - Introducing a new look for Newtrition!
In defense of Alberta beef
Bringing home the bacon
Addressing food safety
Spring 2003
The Skinny on Fat
Oil without guilt
Faux chedder cuts cholesterol
Errata: Please note that in the printed version of the Spring 2003 issue of Newtrition, UK supermarket giant Tesco was incorrectly identified as being based in the U.S. Also, in this issue, Enova Oil was incorrectly identified as "Enola". These errors have been corrected in the online version on this site.
Winter 2002
Fall 2002
Summer 2002
Spring 2002
Meat Safety – confidence at the meat counter
Winter 2001
How can I be sure my food is safe?
Fast, easy food testing
Mythconceptions
Fall 2001
Cutting The Fat: The role of oil in out diets
Eat Your Wrapper
Ringing Tomatoes
Flax to the Rescue
Delicious Smells
Summer 2001
Who's Minding the Store? Food Safety in Canada
If it looks like a duck ...
Spring 2001
Foods that bite back: biotech and allergies
Foods that bite back: biotech and allergies
Future Products
Let the Customer Decide
Readers' Letters
Winter 2000
Hey waiter! There's DNA in my dinner!
Hey waiter! There's DNA in my dinner!
Food Biotechnology: A New Source of Urban Myths
What's Safe to Eat?
Researchers Identify Caffeine Gene
Special Issue 2000
Organic Food
Organic food: fact versus fiction
Grocer's Forum: Can food products from animals fed genetically modified feed transfer harmful effects to consumers?
The beet goes on: Transgenic sugar beet may offer sweet alternative
The great biosafety debate: UN meeting establishes global treaty on GMOs
Spring 2000
A Better Bite
A better bite: Nutritionally enhanced foods
Grocer's Forum: There is so much negative publicity and activity being undertaken by pressure groups who oppose biotechnology. Is it practical or reasonable to continue to develop products that generate this type of response?
The future is now: Expert panel examines food biotech advances
Spoiled food speaks up: New food wrap offers a layer of protection against food hazards
Winter 2000
Continental Divide
Continental Divide: Food Biotechnology challenged abroad
WTO agreements relating to GMO's and biotechnology
Grocer's Forum: Some of my customers have received fundraising letters from a political organization which claims that GM food may cause damage to internal organs and the immune system. How can I respond to their concerns?
McCains blocks GM chips
Autumn 1999
Substantial Equivalence
Substantial Equivalence: Beyond the Rhetoric
Grocer's Forum:What government agency is responsible for food safety as it applies to food biotechnology?
Finding Comfort in Biotech Food: New Project Will Establish Voluntary Labelling Standards.
Information, Please: Canadian Food Information Council Aims to Set the Record Straight
Summer 1999
Labelling Biotech Foods
Labelling Biotech Foods: Where Are We now?
Mandatory Labelling of GMOs: The Arguments For and Against
Grocer's Forum: Will food biotechnology increase the cost of products on my shelves?
Biotechnology: Environmental Friend or Foe?
Spring 1999
Milk and rBST
Milk and rBST: The Final Word?
Grocer's Forum: Are the time-frames of studies on biotechnologies of sufficient duration to determine the long-term implications of new products?
Citizen's conference gives cautious nod to biotech Designer Genes at the Dinner Table
Aquaculture: The Future of Fish
Winter 1999
Canola Oil
Canola Oil: It keeps on Getting Better
To Label or not To Label, that is the Question
Grocer's Forum: Are there any plant products on the market now, produced by genetic engineering, that contain genetic material derived from animal sources?
Biotechnology: Making Food Safer
Autumn 1998
What's in Store?
Biotech Food: What's in Store?
What is Agricultural or Food Biotechnology?
Grocer's Forum: Why is biotechnology necessary?
What are the goals of those who promote biotechnology?
Are Biotech Foods Already Available in Canadian Stores?