ROUNDUP.
LUZON Denque vectors teem in Bicol LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) - Bicol region is host to two types of mosquitoes- the Aedes Aegypti and the Aedes Albopictus, also known as the "Asian Tiger," capable of spreading the dreaded denque hemorraghic fever. This alarm was sounded by...

Sanitation standards on processed meat up.
Byline: SEL A. BAYSA QUEZON CITY The Department of Agriculture-National Meat Inspection Commission (DAN-MIC) said yesterday a leading producer of fresh meat in Mindanao has entered into a working tie-up with the association of meat processors in Luzon to further ensure international hygiene and sanitation standards on...

Zapped foods: food safety has taken a major step forward, but not everyone is buying into the method. Find out the pros and cons of irradiated foods. (nutrition).
Traditionally, the U.S. food supply has been the safest in the world. In the past, most people didn't think about getting a food-borne illness when they ate. But that changed in 1993 when four children died and hundreds of people got sick after eating hamburgers sold by a fast-food...

Ilocos irrigation project to benefit 5,334 farmers; Arroyo inspects Banaoang project and food-processing plant.
Byline: FREDDIE G. LAZARO VIGAN CITY -- Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said the Banaoang irrigation project, which will cost R2.46 billion and which will irrigate 6,312 hectares of farms, will benefit 5,334 farmers in the towns of Sta. Catalina, Caoayan, Bantay, San Ildefonso, Sto. Domingo, San Vicente,...

News In Brief.
Peso appreciates to P50.438 The peso appreciated against the US dollar to P50.438, the weighted average rate pegged at the Philippine Dealing System of the Bankers Association of the Philippines yesterday, from P50.789 the previous day. The local currency closed at P50.30. The total volume amounted to...

SureBeam Signs Agreement to Install Nation's First In-Line Electronic Pasteurization Systems at Two Excel Meat Processing Facilities.
SAN DIEGO, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The SureBeam Corporation (Nasdaq: SURE) -- innovator of the nation's first electronic pasteurization system -- today announced that it has signed an in-line system electronic pasteurization services agreement with Excel Corporation, a leading producer of beef and pork, to engineer, manufacture,...

2006 ASABE awards.
ASABE FELLOWS David B. Beasley Donald C. Erbach Abdel Ghaly Sundaram Gunasekaran Albert R. Jarrett Anthony H. Kajewski Chandra Madramootoo Saied Mostaghimi John A. Nienaber Fred A. Payne ...

EPA guidelines target meat and fish industries.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is revising effluent guidelines to regulate industrial discharges from meat and fish processing plants to surface waters. The meat products category includes controlling water pollution from 1,300 packing plants, 1,100 other meat processing plants, 270 rendering and 370 poultry processing facilities....

NEWS IN BRIEF.
Peso rate closed at P51.92 The peso closed at P51.92 to the US dollar last Friday at the Philippine Dealing System of the Bankers Association of the Philippines. The weighted average rate stands at P51.994. Power rates to go down in 3 years ...

Quality characteristics of chicken breast surimi as affected by water washing time and pH adjustment.
ABSTRACT : This study was carried out to compare the quality properties of chicken breast surimi manufactured by four different procedures/methods. Surimi was made from chicken breast by washing two (T1) or four times (T2) with water as well as by pH adjustments at 3.0 (T3) or 11.0 (T4)....