Environmental advisers to the regulatory watchdog which will decide whether state scientists can allow genetically engineered onions to set seed in a Canterbury field say it is "highly improbable" viable plant material will escape.
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Waters Corporation announced availability of a new application note detailing rapid analysis of 402 pesticides in a single 10-minute run using Waters ACQUITY(R) TQD, liquid chromatography combined with tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (UPLC/MS/MS) operated in Multiple Reaction Monitoring (MRM) mode, and Waters MassLynx(TM) Software with IntelliStart(TM) technology for data...
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From correspondents in West Bengal, India, 09:30 PM IST. Biscuit and dairy product major Britannia Industries Ltd, embroiled in a bitter intellectual property right (IPR) violation litigation with French partner Groupe Danone, is interested in an out-of-court settlement, a senior company official indicated here Monday. 'We are also simultaneously talking to Danone for settlement of...
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Afghan drug lords are increasingly converting opium into heroin at home with outside technical help and chemicals smuggled from abroad, the U.N. said Monday, indicating greater sophistication for the country's already booming illegal drug trade.
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Evidence of higher quality Afghan heroin indicates that those running the labs also are getting assistance from outside "chemists" — "foreign consultants" of sorts — Oguz told reporters in Kabul. She did not elaborate on where the expertise came from beyond saying it was from countries near the border. But she said the chemicals needed to make the heroin were being smuggled from China,...
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Mitsui Elastomers Singapore Pte. Ltd. (MELS), 100% owned by Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.(MCI), has successfully conducted the groundbreaking ceremony for a new production plant for TAFMER? (Alpha-Olefin Copolymer), attended by Mr. Julian Ho, Executive Director for Energy, Chemicals and Engineering Services, Singapore Economic Development Board, and other dignitaries. The production plant for...
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Baltic Beverages Holding (BBH) will invest 15 million euro to develop a brewery in Uzbekistan, Yevgeny Shevchenko, general director of the Sarbast Plus LLC, a joint venture in which BBH is the majority owner. The money will go to modernize the production lines in order to improve the quality of product and to enable production of other beers. The joint venture will begin production of...
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Amongst new additions to its XYMARA website, Ciba Specialty Chemicals now offers an interactive design area and expanded download facilities. The new interactive design area, myXYMARA, allows users to build their own presence on XYMARA* and customize the site to suit their needs by creating their own profile. In close collaboration with customers, trend-making agencies, designers and...
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Rapid, global increases in food prices over the last year have focused intense scrutiny on using foodstuffs like corn for anything other than nourishment, in some cases stalling the development of biofuels and biochemicals, but now chemical and plastics giant Dow (Midland, MI), in coordination with the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL; Golden, CO), have announced a...
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A successful Olympics will help convince the rest of the world that China's food exports are safe to eat, a senior official in charge of food safety said as the country prepares to host the Olympic Games next month.
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