GMO testing hurdles

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The Berlin, Germany-based Novel Foods and Genetic Engineering Unit of the Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine (BGVV) is perfecting the polymerase chain reactions technique for testing for genetically modified organisms (GMO) product in foodstuff. Such tests are needed in order to implement European laws mandating the testing for more than one percent of GMOs in food. The challenge and hurdles in developing GMO testing methodologies and European Union regulations are discussed within the context of the one percent standard.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Food & Kindred Products, Food Manufacturing, European Union, FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS, Statistical Data Included, Research, Testing, Illustration, Genetically modified plants, Genetically modified organisms, Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine. Novel Foods and Genetic Engineering Unit

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Preventing pollution by design: new manufacturing software could give product designers instant information on how to avoid pollution

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Boeing Company has developed the Expert Process Advisory System (EPAS), a new manufacturing software designed to instantaneously provide designers with information on the environmental implications of their design options. The software has a database that is gathered from the company's most experienced design engineers, plus information on environmental regulations and life cycle costs. The company is slated in July 1998 to announce whether it will go public with its advance manufacturing design software.

Prepackaged software, Aircraft, Aircraft Manufacturing, Manufacturing industry, Manufacturing industries, Computer software industry, Software industry, Software, Product development, Pollution control industry, Aircraft industry, Boeing Co., BA

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Some ship emissions may help cool planet

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Researchers from Germany reported that NOx and SOx emissions from ships may help lower climate temperatures.

Science & research, All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing, Industrial inorganic chemicals, not elsewhere classified, Sulfur Compounds, Nitrogen Compounds, Brief Article, Environmental aspects

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