BIO SOLUTIONS TO THE RESCUE: THE STORY OF NORLIE’S GREEN

The embrace of chemical free Food production has made consumers appreciate good health through bio solutions. One of the companies that now champion green agriculture is Norlie s green.  Norlie’s Green is an Agribusiness entity that deals in total Agriculture,value chains and food processing.

Norlie’s Green is registered by law thew Corporate Affairs Commission to underwrite the  above listings of Business.

Norlie’s Green is a vehicle to innovation for most farms and in other agri business space.

Norlie’s Green is in partnership( distribution cadre) for an Indian technology Company,a company that devices several machinery and tools to better enhance the farmers activities and profitability.

Norlie’s Green has recorded success in the last 2 years of registration in terms of vegetable cultivation,cucumber and water melon,we are currently expanding of horizons in to cultivation of capsicum in a green House facility and hopes to continue in the diverse.

Norlie’s Green is notable as well for commodity trades and exchange with arrays of partners is the endeavour.

Being a futuristic entity, Norlie’s Green is the producer and manufacturer of Dr Sachs Sugarcane juice also using the bi- products of sugarcane to produce activated charcoals and bio-char, we hope to produce bio-fuels and molasses t from bi- products in no distant future.

For further information , please contact Safe Food and Feed Foundation, who are marketing them

Contact 234 8033709492

PESTICIDES in RICE: Achieving harmony in global standards, courtesy FAO

Difficulty in designing food policy at all levels easily invites the need to  there are 2 sections to the publication which focuses on rice. Part A identifies the level of harmonization in main rice producing and trading countries and explores the possible effects on trade, while Part B investigates the reasons behind differing levels of harmonization.

 

The publication, that just came out  in 2020,  will no doubt enhance food safety and international trade. Unfair trade arising from diverse forms of food fraud will embrace a reduction if the 108 -page publication is  put to use. This is a commendable outing from the FAO  of the UN.

For more information, please visit

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb0463en

The content can be sited as

​FAO. 2020. Understanding international harmonization of pesticide maximum residue limits with Codex standards: A case study on rice. Rome.

 

Source =http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb0463en

 

Dele

23 Aug 2020

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FOOD SAFETY AND ODOR CONTROL

 

Food odor is rampant anywhere food is being prepared or served. The odor may be a reflection of  a few  condiments added to it or a combined effect of all the ingredients, on being heated. At times, such aroma may put off prospective consumers thus attracting loss of interest.. Happily, some manufacturers have devised interventions that can nullify the odor impact by chemical or biological means. Effectiveness of each product is however, determined by the end user .

Although big hotels, poultry and markets  reco0gnise the need to deodorize the air environment, many individual faced with economic challenge, are still left out of the loop. The result is a continuous occupation of public spaces   by undesirable odors sometimes form food sources, at other times from decaying organic  and non- food sources.

Anything that compromises the hygienic quality of air may jeopardize human and animal health. The  is pocket-friendly, effective bio solution that leaves no trace after the period of odor capture.

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KENYA REPORTS AFLATOXIN IN UGALI, MILK and MEAT

Kenya has been mapped as an aflatoxin hotspot, a leading cause of liver cancer, hiding in grains like maize and animal food products.

Findings of a study released last month by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) showed a large amount of milk and grains consumed by Kenyans have aflatoxin levels exceeding internationally accepted limit.

Aflatoxin is a tasteless poison produced by Aspergillus flavus fungus caused by a mould in soil that commonly affect cereals. It is mostly passed to humans through animal food products or direct ingestion of affected crops.

The study dubbed “Measuring and mitigating risk of mycotoxins in maize and dairy products for poor consumers in Kenya” was done from samples of of livestock feeds collected from farmers in five counties.

Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation director general Eliud Kireger however dismissed the report as alarmist, saying that most Kenyans could have died if that was the case

For more info, please visit https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/07/07/beware-aflatoxin-in-ugali-milk-and-meat-could-be-killing-you_c1782173

2 2019

A new report exposes emerging mycotoxins in sesame and soybean in Abuja , Nigeria

Some major and emerging mycotoxins were reported in soybean and sesame available at the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. The report further established the unwholesome status of these and other commodities vended in this part of Nigeria

For further reading, please visit

Journals
journals.tmkarpinski.com/index.php/ejbr/article/download/41/37/
Jul 6, 2018 – European Journal of Biological Research 2018; 8 (3): 121-130

DF 17 July 2018

Mycotoxin Control during Grain Processing

 Authors=M. E. Tumbleson, Vijay Singh, Kent D. Rausch, David B. Johnston, David F. Kendra, Gavin L. Meerdink, Wanda M. Haschek.

To deal with mycotoxin problems, there must first be an understanding of the fungi which produce them, their growth parameters and interactions with crops. Mycotoxin control is both fungus specific and crop specific. Control of mycotoxins during growing seasons is a crop management problem. Control during storage is…

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Mycotoxin training opportunity in Bari, Italy, October 2017

ISM – MYCOKEY Workshop–Training Course  “Rapid Methods for Mycotoxin Detection in the Food Chain” 9-13 October 2017, Bari, Italy

http://rapidmethods.mycokey.eu

The Institute of Sciences of Food Production – National Research Council of Italy (ISPA-CNR), under the aegis of the MYCOKEY project (http://www.mycokey.eu/) and the International Society for Mycotoxicology (ISM), is hosting a one-week Workshop-Training Course from October 9-13, 2017.

The course will give information about major issues associated with mycotoxin analysis and contamination along the food chain. Lectures and laboratory training will be provided on routinely used and new screening tools for rapid, robust and user-friendly analysis of mycotoxins, including validation aspects.

Practical training in the laboratory will cover most of the course and trainees will be assisted individually in the laboratory by ISPA-CNR staff expert in instrumental and immunochemical analysis of mycotoxins.

The Training course website is  http://rapidmethods.mycokey.eu  and the event has been disseminate also through the EU website (http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&eventcode=6EC57A16-9DFE-3418-908C20CF8B6ECD33)

Aug 1 2017

MOBILE APP TO TEST FOR AFLATOXIN

The app was developed by Mobile Assay, which specializes in mobile lab innovations. The test, more formally known as an immunoassay test, involves analysing a colour-changing test strip for the presence of a particular substance, in this case Aflatoxin. The test strip is photographed using the smartphone’s camera and the app calculates the pixel density of the coloured strip to determine how much Aflatoxin is present within a certain threshold. Current available lab tests are priced at $15 each plus the cost of transporting samples from rural areas to those equipped with testing facilities. This is out of reach for many in the Global South. Some turn to cheaper tests, which return only a positive or negative result and don’t provide any information about whether or not the level of contamination poses a health threat or is fit for consumption. This test is set to cost about $2-3 and provides such detailed information. What’s more, it is immediately uploaded to an online database tracking Aflatoxin outbreaks.

feb, 2017

source=http://innovatedevelopment.org/2014/03/12/mobile-rapid-diagnostic-testing-helping-farmers-protect-crops-people-in-east-africa

 

R-Biopharm held Mycotoxin, microbiology workshop in Lagos

A 2 day workshop on detection of mycotoxins , allergens and microbiology in foods was held at the Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja  Lagos on Wednesday and Thursday  7 and 8   September, 2016. The organizers were R-Biopharm, from Germany and its Nigerian partner, Chromogene Nigeria Ltd.  Participants were drawn from  regulatory agencies, research institutes, Universities and agro entrepreneurs. The Rida Quick Scan and Rida Screen were on display and demonstration.

For further information please contact

a.adebayo@chromogene.com