| SA food equipment below world hygiene standard
The hygienic standard of the equipment used in many South African food-processing factories is below standard, says food process consulting engineer, Andrew Murray.Food safety is an emotional and a complex subject. Allergens, bird flu, mad cow disease, genetically modified organisms and emerging pathogens are just some of the issues threatening food safety. In general, the increases in global trade, the change in consumer lifestyle to eating away from home, food shortages in parts of the world and the increase in certain types of food-borne diseases are putting a strain on the industry. In particular, engineers are having to pay more attention to the issues of hygienic design.Murray says that, although there are many good suppliers of hygienic equipment in this country, there are also a number of suppliers whose plants are not built to hygienic standards.
What are discretionary calories?
It's a nutritional given: You need a certain number of calories to keep your body functioning and to provide energy for physical activities, for everything from walking to breathing to a workout. If you eat more calories than you burn through exercise and other physical activities, then you will gain weight. The health and nutritional center of the U.S. Department of Agriculture wants you to think of the calories you need for energy like money you have to spend. Each person has a total calorie "budget." This budget can be divided into "essentials" and "extras," just as your monetary budget or allowance is. With a financial budget, the essentials are items like rent and food and the extras, or discretionary money, would be movies, vacations and such. In a calorie budget, the "essentials" are the minimum calories required to meet your nutrient needs.
Lamb and seafood star at Milpitas' Darda
With the arrival of the Lunar New Year today, this food lover's fancy turns to thoughts of knife-cut noodles, lamb stir-fried with leeks and sesame bread layered with green onions. Chinese food is an ideal way to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Boar (or Pig) this month, and there are few better places to find the real thing than Milpitas Square, which bills itself as the largest Asian-theme shopping mall in Northern California. One of the most intriguing choices is Darda Seafood Restaurant, where the familiar Chinese menu gets an Islamic twist. Sure, there are the expected egg rolls, wontons, chow mein and fried rice on offer, but pork is not. Instead there's a broad selection of lamb dishes, from soup to noodles. And did I mention the irresistible sesame bread? The restaurant offers little in the way of decor, aside from sprawling photo murals of the Grand Mosque at Mecca on the walls.
AAAAI: Frequent of Colds in Infancy Linked to Asthma Risk
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 26 -- More than 75% of children who develop a wheezing illness before the age of three years will go on to have asthma by age six, reported investigators here.
In addition, children with rhinoviral infections who developed wheeze before age one had a threefold risk for developing asthma later on, reported the Childhood Origins of Asthma (COAST) investigators at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology meeting here. .
Dave’s Pet Food Strikes a Blow for Independents
What does this mean to independents? If Daves Pet Food nets $1 million in profits, $400,000 will be rebated to retailers. If a retailer sells 1%, they make $4,000; if they sell 2%, they make $8,000, etcetera. If the company is ever sold (not Daves intent), a retailer would be compensated based on their cumulative sales. Notes Dave, Its a simple formula: the more you sell and the more your fellow independent retailers sell, the faster the company grows, and the more your bottom line grows. A Board of Advisors, a faithful but not governmental gang, comprised of 7 innovative and successful retailers from across the country, will keep an eye on Dave and help harness the collaborative spirit of this pet food revolution, supporting the team effort and its grass roots foundation. Interested retailers should contact their Central Pet rep, the exclusive distributors for Daves Pet Food in the areas that they serve, for rebate agreements.
SUNDAY ARTS CALENDAR
EquiFest of Kansas, equine clinicians, entertainment, demonstrations on breed and discipline, trade show, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. today, Kansas Coliseum, 85th North off I-135. Tickets $12.50, $6 ages 6-12, 5-under free. Information, 316-755-1243, online at www.kansashorsecouncil.com. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, rescheduled to 4 p.m. today, the Orpheum, 200 N. Broadway. Button $2. Information, 316-262-7651. Faculty Seminar with Brad Born, titled "Docked Victims and a Seagoing Heroine: The Women of Orson Welles"Four Men on a Raft' (1941), and Jorge Amado's 'Sea of Death' (1936)," 7 p.m. Mon., Administration Building chapel, Bethel College, 300 E. 27th, North Newton. Film shown. Free; public invited. Information, 316-284-5258. "The Cultural History of Harvey County," by John Torline for the Winter Lecture Series, 7 p.m.
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