Nanotechnology : Food

Buhler Partec GmbH

JohnT — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:10:24 +0000

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http://www.buhlergroup.com

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nano@buhlergroup.com

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Science Park 2

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66123

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+49 681 394 65 50

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+49 681 394 65 68

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Bühler - global technology partner for the food industry, chemical processing and die casting.

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Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) : Nanotechnology

Benj — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:34:24 +0000

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http://www.fda.gov/nanotechnology/

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5600 Fishers Lane

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20857

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To facilitate the regulation of nanotechnology products, the Agency has formed a NanoTechnology Interest Group (NTIG) which is made up of representatives from all the Centers. The NTIG meets quarterly to ensure there is effective communication between the Centers. Most of the Centers also have working groups that establish the network between their different components.

There are also a wide range of products involving nanotechnologies which are regulated by other federal agencies. The breadth of products regulated by FDA and the other agencies is shown in below.

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GoodFood project

Benj — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:56:54 +0000

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http://www.goodfood-project.org/

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Current and future concerns related to agrofood safety and quality will increasingly require a multidisciplinary and universal approach based on the massive use of simple detection systems able to be used "near to the foodstuff". The technology used nowadays to assess food safety and quality relies on lab solutions that are bulky, costly, punctual and time consuming. On the contrary, GoodFood approach will comply, through the development of innovative M&NT solutions, with the needs of ubiquity, low cost and low power, fast response, simple use and fully interconnection to the decisional bodies. A multidisciplinary integration of know-how and technology is required for addressing the broad requirements of the agrofood field. An Integrated Project is proposed to keep such a global view. The Project aims at the vertical integration of Micro and Nano Technologies from the land to the market. The main demands identified by the agrofood sector will be the applications that will drive the technological developments within GoodFood. The need for increasing the control of products at different critical steps of the food chain (control of raw materials, improvement of food processing, monitoring of storage and logistics, and control of safety and quality of final products) will be addressed by GoodFood with a vertical and horizontal integration of food, bio, and electronics experience for developing a set of systems with clear breakthrough solutions to specific safety and quality and traceability requirements. The proposed solutions will be also integrated under an Ambient Intelligence approach, which will allow fully interconnection and communication of multisensing systems. The technological developments within GoodFood are driven by the main demands identified by the agrofood sector, and they are focused into a number of relevant food targets. The M&NT inspired solutions developed therein are foreseen as the stepping-stones of the long term GoodFood vision: "bringing the lab to the food stuff from the land to the market."

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Industrial Tomography Systems (ITS)

irishmik — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:30:54 +0000

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http://www.itoms.com

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sales.support@itoms.com

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Speakers House 39 Deansgate Manchester

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M3 2BA

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+44 (0) 161 832 9297

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+44 (0) 161 839 5195

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ITS provides electrical tomography instrumentation, software, sensors and technical support. This enables customers to continuously scan a volume and determine the distribution of electrical properties as they change over time.

Tomography involves taking measurements around the periphery of an object (eg process vessel or patient) to determine what is going on inside.

The best known technique is CAT scanning in medicine, however process tomography instrumentation is cheaper, faster and more robust.

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Nano4Vitality

Benj — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:45:56 +0000

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http://www.nano4vitality.nl/

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P.O. Box 217

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7500 AE Enschede

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(+31) 53 - 489 36 22

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There is a strong need for innovation in the areas of food and health. The cost of health care, food safety, the ageing population, obesity and many other issues demand an increased innovation
rate. These issues are global in nature, offering interesting economic perspectives to our national industry, if we address them timely and in a coherent and effective manner. Nanotechnology is expected to offer significant chances in this field. Nano4Vitality projects build and integrate industry-driven valorisation chains in an early stage, bringing current strengths in the field of nanotechnology and food and health systems to the forefront of competition.

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NanoBio Chemicals India Private Limited

drajitzambre — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:44:04 +0000

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www.nanobiochemicals.com

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ajitzambre@gmail.com

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#217/7, 1st Cross, Ganesh Marg, Hindwadi, Belgaum. Karnataka, INDIA

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590011

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+91 831 246 6522

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+91 831 246 6522

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Dr. Kattesh Katti

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We deals with variety of water soluble biocompatible metallic nanomaterials such as nanoparticles, nanorods, nanotriangles, nanohexagons, nanocrystals, etc.
The naomaterials and nanoconstructs are available for gold, silver, palladium, platinum and iron in aqueous base.
These nanomaterials have wide spectrum utility for nanoscience and nanotechnology researchers in academia and industry.
The major applications can be exploited in disease diagnosis, therapeutic effectiveness, Novel drug delivery formulations and also in areas other than biomedical field.
Biocompatibly coated gold and silver nanoparticles allow systematic variations in metal content, thus providing unprecedented means of developing mono or multi nanolayers with assorted metal content for variety of materials and biomedical research applications.
Aggregation of gold and silver nanoparticles in ionic media is a common phenomenon, thereby impeding researchers from carrying out important experiments in ionic fluids.
The technology allows retention of nanoparticulate properties of gold and silver even in the presence of high concentrations of ions. The new dispersible solution phase nanoconstructs allow customers to directly utilize gold and silver nanoparticles in solution phase for such research and product development applications that involve spraying, spin coating, emulsification, mixing, and implanting processes.
Gold nanoconstructs allows researchers to use “one-step” direct labeling of biocompatible gold nanoparticles with target specific proteins/peptides and various markers.
Silver nanomaterials has potential anitmicrobial, anti-fungal, anti-viral, germicidal, etc. applications in health, hygeine, packaging and environmental restoration domains.
Palladium and platinum nanoparticles are unique resources for catalytic testing and manufacture of specialty fine chemicals and pharmaceutical intermediates.

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Nanotechnology and food safety

JohnT — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:03:56 +0000

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Only five years old but an institution… The food safety responsibles meet again

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Only five years old but an institution… The food safety responsibles meet again at the “KALS (Karlsruher Lebensmittelsymposium)” The topic at the “expert day” this year will be “Nanotechnology (Nano4Food)”. Do we have to pay attention to potential risks of nanoparticles, if we eat them? It will be gathered, what is possible (e.g. flavour encapsulation; nutrient addition), we discuss risks (e.g. allergy potentials) and consumer opinion (consumer inquiry by BfR). A Round-table discussion at the end of this day tries to summarize and to frame an opinion.
At the secondary day of the symposion german retailers give evidence to their requirements in case of product safety. The general manager of the International Food Standard answers questions according to the version 5 of the certification standard and first-class experts summarize the legal news in food safety.
The exhibitions “Practical solutions for food safety” and “BIO to retail”, a vespertine Get-together and lots of possibilities to conversate make a go of the annual event. The symposion will be held in german but could be translated, if desired!

Regsitration at info@FPQS.de

Food Production Quality Service of Micromol GmbH is a leading and highly accepted expert consultancy-team. Based in Karlsruhe, Germany, we have branch offices near Münster and Aschaffenburg and a base near Amsterdam, Netherlands and one in Poland. Our expert network covers all parts of the food chain throughout Europe. We offer professional excellence for optimum solutions. Our consultants have over 10 years of experience in HACCP, management consultancy and training. We convince our clients with competence.

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Food Production Quality Service der MicroMol GmbH
Hedwigstr. 2-8
D-76199 Karlsruhe
Dr. Andrea Dreusch
Fon: 0049 721 941 521 3
Fax: 0049 721 941 521 4
mail: info@fpqs.de
www.fpqs.de

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Perfect Waters, LLC

perfectwaters — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:54:08 +0000

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http://www.perfectwaters.net

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perfectwaters@core.com

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P.O. Box 162

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60451

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877-890-7709

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877-890-7709

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Susan Mount

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Our proprietary formulas can be used in food, nutriceuticals, cosmetics, supplements, cleaning products, and other products to enhance the bio-availability of ingested products, reduce particle size down to angstrom/nano, reduce toxicity of chemicals, etc.

We also carry nano-silver, gels, lotions and home cleaning products with these proprietary formulas that will clean the environment for 3 weeks after being flushed down the drain.

Researched here in the U.S. and in Europe.

Please contact us with questions or needs.