Seminis, a prominent global fruit and vegetable seed organisation, has announced the Australian release of its unique Pink Pearl cherry tomatoes to directly benefit the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF).Seminis Vegetable Seeds Western Australia manager, John McBride, said the world’s first commercial release of Pink Pearl cherry tomatoes presented a “good fit” for a corporate partnership with the Australian charity due to their name and colour. “Globally Seminis is... ...Read more »

There have now been 1017 confirmed cases of illness in the US following the initial outbreak of Salmonella serotype Saintpaul almost 12 weeks ago. At a press conference this week the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported that 203 people had been hospitalised due to the outbreak. Dr. Robert Tauxe at the CDC (Centres of Disease Control and Prevention) advised that the crisis was the worst foodborne disease outbreak in the past decade. “This ongoing outbreak is now one of the largest... ...Read more »

The humble tomato could be a suitable carrier for an oral vaccine against Alzheimer’s disease, according to HyunSoon Kim from the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) in Korea and colleagues from Digital Biotech Inc. and the Department of Biological Science at Wonkwang University. Although their research, just published online in Springer’s journal Biotechnology Letters, is still in the early stages, it is a promising first step towards finding an edible vaccine... ...Read more »