Skip to content.
You are here: Home » News
 

Spinach

Eggs- Packed full of nutrients

Dehydrated Tomatoes Show Promise For Preventing Prostate Cancer

Danger free detox

Beneficial bananas

Eat Up All Of Your Brussels Sprouts -- Unless You're An Aphid

Aphids that eat Brussels sprouts are smaller than normal and live in undersized populations, which has a negative knock-on effect up the food chain according to new research.

Blue Smarties are back thanks to Spirulina

An all-natural colouring derived from seaweed has put blue Smarties back on the shelves following their removal two years ago in response to concerns over artificial additives.

Fruit Cell Wall Proteins Help Fungus Turn Tomatoes From Ripe To Rotten

Using tomatoes as a research plant, scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered that two plant enzymes that occur in the plant's cell walls cooperate with each other to make ripe fruit more susceptible to a disease-causing fungus.

The SAAFoST Mailbox - Feb 2007

Journalism Awards - it's that time of the year again when members are asked to submit the best articles on food safety, food additives, food processing, etc., encountered in 2006. The purpose of the "SAAFoST Meritorious Awards for Journalism" is to encourage and reward journalists who produce objective and scientifically correct articles or programmes that help improve the consumers' knowledge of complex and controversial food issues. Please participate and help find the most responsible journalists in the land.

The SAAFoST Mailbox - June 2006

  • Posted by
  • Published: 2006-06-26

The SAAFoST Mailbox - May 2006

In order to counteract the effect of all the recent holidays, the deadline for the call to submit articles for the SAAFoST Meritorious Award for journalism has been extended to 15 May. See the foot of this letter (addendum A) for full details of how winning authors and SAAFoST members who nominate them, can win R5,000 and R1,000 respectively.

  • Posted by
  • Published: 2006-05-03

New Food Research & Development Facilities, Stellenbosch

The Department of Food Science cordially invites you to the official opening of the new Food Research and Development Facilities at the Department of Food Science, University of Stellenbosch.

  • Posted by
  • Published: 2006-05-02

FIRI Consulting’s Seminar Day - 24 May 2006

You are cordially invited to FIRI CONSULTING’s seminar day on the 24 May 2006 at Ruslamere Conference Venue, 14 Langeberg Road, Durbanville.

  • Posted by
  • Published: 2006-04-25

SAAFoST Mail - March 2006

A quick Stop Press item is that another quality event has received the SAAFoST Continuing Education Programme (CEP) endorsement. This means that the symposium, details of which follow below, is a good opportunity for members to expand their knowledge of Prebiotics because the structure, content and presenter profile of the one-day event and its value for money, meet SAAFoST requirements.

  • Posted by
  • Published: 2006-04-20

Paarl Workshops

Workshops and Seminars in Boschenmeer, Paarl.

  • Posted by
  • Published: 2006-04-20
Next 2 items » [1] 2
Links

1custodians

2iufost

3consultants

4about

5foodreview

6membership

Codex Button
Acrobat PDF Files
Some documents on this site may require you to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader software on your Computer. Chances are good that you already have the software installed, as it is often supplied bundled with other software.