Spring 2012 Editorial

Tuesday 28th February 2012

How to understand numbers around us? That depends on the presenter. We would view with cynicism any number provided by a politician, yet we would celebrate the meteorologist telling us about a period of forthcoming glorious sunshine. We would look at the results of medical research with a certain leaning

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Winter 2011 editorial

Tuesday 13th December 2011

We have just returned from the Food Ingredients 2011 exhibition in Paris. For the past 25 years the event has been the platform for showcasing the development and evolution of the food and beverage industry and this year’s talking point was largely centred on stevia sweetener.

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Autumn 2011 editorial

Friday 30th September 2011

I have just read an old book called Green Rust written in 1920 by Edgar Wallace. It is a detective story revolving around a doctor who developed a germ which on application, instantly killed wheat fields. His idea was to set up a network of agents to destroy most of the world wheat crops ...

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