Food Industry Research and Development Institute

Current address Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 30099, Republic of China... 

The technical assistance of Dr. Chung-May Wu, May-Chien Kuo, Su-Er Liou and Ming-Ching Wang, Food Industry Research and Development Institute, is appreciated. This research was supported in part by the National Science Council (NSC74-0406-E080-003), Republic of China. 

Many species of Monascus fungi are readily available to the public from several institutes having culture collections such as the American Type Culture Center (ATCC) in the United States, the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation Biological Resource Center (NBRC) in Japan, and the Food Industry Research and Development Institute in Taiwan assigned with "CCRC" prefix. 

Chen, C.C. Wu, C.M. Studies on the volatiles of shiitake (Lentinus edodes). Reserch Rep. No. 327, Food Industry Research and Development Institute Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC (in Chinese), 1984. 

Yang, J.S. Fu, Y.H. Liu, T.Y Effects of irradiation treatment on nutritive constituents of garlics, gingers, onions and potatoes. Research Rep. 144, Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC, 1979... 

Sun-dried Hsian-tsao Mesona procumbens Hemsl.) (harvested in 1995) was obtained from a local market in Hua-lian county, Taiwan. The Chang liver cell line (CCRC 60024) was obtained from the Food Industry Research and Development Institute (Hsinchu, Taiwan). Protocatechuic acid, />-hydroxy-benzoic acid, caffeic acid, vanillic acid, syringic acid, kaempferol and apigenin were purchased from Sigma Chemical Co. (St. Louis, MO). All other chemicals and cultural medium were of reagent grade. 

Universities and other research institutions account for the majority of genetic engineering and food technology research and development. Therefore, they are well positioned to play a safety-assurance role as well as provide up-to-date information on technological advances and applications. While industry sponsorship raises some concerns, the public views academic institutions as a credible and trustworthy source of information. This being said, a more active effort to establish and maintain integrity and impartiality of research by these institutions is important. 

Annular jet. This technology was developed by the Southwest Research Institute and has not been extensively used in the food industry (10). It relies upon two concentric jets. The inner jet contains the liquid core material. The outer jet contains the liquid wall material, generally molten, that solidifies upon exiting the jet. This dual fluid stream breaks into droplets much as water does upon exiting a spray nozzle ... 

Several new methods and instruments based on infrared spectroscopy are being developed for food applications. Advances in spectroscopic instruments and data analysis have enabled the rapid and nondestructive analysis of cheese parameters in just a few seconds (e.g., Nicolet Antaris FT-NIR by Thermo Electron Corp.). Another recent development is the miniaturization of FTIR instrumentation, which would enable onsite analysis, while the cheese is being produced. The TruDefender FT handheld FTIR by Ahura Scientific, Inc. (Fig. 5.7) is a portable handheld spectrometer that could be applied to food analysis. With numerous developments in FTIR spectroscopy and several potential food analysis applications still unexplored, there is great research potential in this technique that could benefit the industry and research institutions. 

The newest company to venture into SCWO commercialization, Hydrothermale Oxydation Option (HOO), designed and built a plant in France that began operating in April 2004. HOO is affiliated with the Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry Bordeaux (ICMCB) at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France, and was established to commercialize SCWO research and patents developed by ICMCB. The plant was built for a consortium referred to as SYMPESA to treat food and pharmaceutical industry wastewater. Although it is referred to as the first... 

---