Food future

CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research and Food Futures Flagship, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Food and Drug Authentication Laboratory, Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, P.R. China (1)... 

From the data presented in Figure 3, it is likely that heat-stable LAB bacteriocins (other than nisin) may find suitable application as biologically-produced antimicrobials ("biopreservatives") in thermally-processed foods. Future studies directed towards the examination of a variety of novel bacteriocins in thermal processing applications may identify new LAB bacteriocin(s) which have comparable, or perhaps superior, properties as nisin. Further research is needed to determine the presence of bacteriocins in retail foods which may help to reduce the regulatory hesitancy towards their practical application as safe food ingredients. Data provided by research with the magainins and... 

Le Heron, R. (2003) Creating food futures reflections on food governance issues in New Zealand s agri-food sector. Journal of Rural Studies 19, 111-125. 

Malcolm R. Brown and Susan 1. Blackburn Energy Transformed and Food Futures Flagships CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research G.P.O. Box 1538 Hobart 7001 Tasmania Australia... 

Microencapsulation has much hidden potential for the food industry which promises to be tapped in the future (62). An interesting discussion of the problems that have been encountered while attempting to develop microcapsule formulations for commercial use in food products has been presented (65) and a review provides a number of references to food encapsulation studies (66). 

The future of chemurgy is intercoimected with the economic future of energy, environment, and food. Several scenarios exist for future sources of energy and materials. Some involve the use of nuclear or solar energy (qv) leaving coal and oil available for chemicals and transportation fuels. Some involve... 

A Search for Safer Food Dyes," Business Week, (Feb. 21, 1977). Some thoughts on the future of the food color business. 

Careful attention should be paid to processing and storage equipment to assure that certain future uses will not be contraindicated based upon the nature of the products. For example, it would not be wise to allow storage of food or food chain materials in vessels that once contained agricultural chemicals, even if the vessels were first cleaned. In the event the toller will not assure appropriate future use of the equipment, the client may consider purchasing the equipment for future use elsewhere. 

Oceans occupy 70.8% or 125 million square miles of the surface of the earth. Within or beneath this inner space are foods, fuels, and minerals. Thus interest in the sea is obvious. At least 4/5 of all life on earth exists in saltwater. It is predicted that of the oil and gas demand in future years will come from oil at 2,000 ft. depths operated by manned submarines and marine robots. All the equipment needed to collect and store oil or gas will be installed and operated on the sea floor. Underwater housing and decompression chambers will be required. The sea bottom is also reported to include trillions of tons of copper, nickel, cobalt, iron, and other important minerals. 

There are several areas to consider when discussing the future of the food can. Anti-pollution legislation, new can-making technologies, and public safety aspects will have a pronounced effect on food container design. 

T ood packaging reflects the needs of human societies and their technical capacities to provide for these needs. The kinds and amounts of food supply, the methods of food preservation, and the availability of packaging materials determine the packaging systems in any culture—be it prehistoric, present, or future. 

The complexity of the problems associated with future food packaging can be seen from these examples. We have focused on only one factor in one segment of the food industry—the effect of change in solid waste disposal. The present uncertainties in technical and political aspects of the disposal problem prevent a definite decision as to whether packaging changes should be made. All the industry can do at present is prepare itself for a possible major shift that would have to be made in a short time. 

For some time worldwide a systematic and large expansion of vegetable oil production has been occurring, especially in southeastern Asia in 1990 the consumption of fats amounted to about 80 million tons. Eighty percent was used as food, 6% as feed, but 14%—more than 14 million metric tons—was used for industrial purposes. By the year 2000 the world fat production will have risen to over 100 million tons [3]. Also, in the future the oleo chemistry will have a broad and reliable raw materials basis. Tables 3 and 4 give information on the present and future production of important fats and fatty oils and the composition of the fatty acid mixtures that can be derived from these fats. 

The human impact on the environment affects many areas of our lives and future. One example is the effect of acid rain on biodiversity, the diversity of living things. In the prairies that extend across the heartlands of North America and Asia, native plants have evolved that can survive even nitrogen-poor soil and drought. By studying prairie plants, scientists hope to breed food plants that will be hardy sources of food in times of drought. However, acid rain is making some of these plants extinct. 

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