China banned imports of Japanese rice in 2003 after changing its quarantine standards, saying Japanese rice posed a danger of bringing foreign insects into China. China will only allow rice imports from selected rice-processing plants that pass inspections by Japan's agricultural ministry and visiting Chinese inspectors, Urata said. Japan hopes its rice exports will grow as a result of rising demand from Chinese consumers for sushi and other Japanese food, ministry official Takanobu Urata said.

NutraCea's proprietary technology enables the creation of food and nutrition products from rice bran, normally a wasted by-product of standard rice processing. Through its wholly owned subsidiary RiceX, the Company manufacturers as well as distributes products and food ingredients made from rice bran through its proprietary technology and processes. The Company has developed intellectual property to create a range of proprietary product formulations, delivery systems and whole food...

Some studies showed that athletes improved their performance when they ate Durum pasta or lentils (low-GI foods) before exercise, while other studies showed no improvement. If you find that some of these foods cause gastric distress during the event, avoid them and rather use low-GI foods that agree with your digestion, for example some athletes may develop cramps and winds if they eat seedbread but not when they eat muesli, so the latter food would be a better pre-event choice. Based on...

HHMI, a major supporter of biomedical science teaching and research worldwide, has been recognizing American colleges and universities in this way, through its program called Initiatives for Colleges, every four years starting in 1996. Begun in 1984, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute is a nonprofit medical research organization that through its grants program helps enhance science education and employs hundreds of leading biomedical scientists. To identify institutions for recognition,...

Anti-GM groups, however, argue that in many developing countries, GM crops are now grown mainly for export by big farmers, not for local consumption, and that there are big effects of this monoculture cropping. Ten years after the first GM crops were planted, evidence is mounting that the technology can increase crop yields with apparently little environmental impact, particularly in developing countries. In India, for example, GM cotton has increased yields by around 150 per cent, trebled...