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  • L’énergie solaire améliore les soins médicaux en Afrique sub-saharienne

    Le PNUD développe son projet « Solaire et Santé » en Zambie et au Zimbabwe. Plus de 400 centres de santé sont désormais équipés de panneaux solaires ; la chaîne du froid des produits de santé est préservée.

    • Date de publication : 28/02/2019
    • Sujets : Pays en développement
  • Cold chain self-assessment for pharmacists

    The cold chain is becoming pharmacy’s new challenge. There are an increasing number of health products to be kept at controlled temperatures and regulatory requirements have been reinforced.

    • Date de publication : 12/09/2013
  • Expansion in Purdue University will house a “smart-buildings” lab

    Purdue University is expanding the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories. The expanded labs will house the Center for High Performance Buildings, where research is focused on new equipment and operational technologies to develop an understanding of the...

    • Date de publication : 17/08/2011
  • Briefs: Purdue University

    Purdue University will create a USD 23.5 million Center for High Performance Buildings to design systems for future structures that are more environmentally and user friendly, energy efficient, and safe. The project is funded by the US Commerce...

    • Date de publication : 27/05/2010
  • Le conditionnement d’air a sauvé plus de 190 000 vies en 2019

    Dans le rapport 2022 du Lancet Countdown sur la santé et le changement climatique, les auteurs ont réalisé une estimation du nombre de décès liés à la chaleur que le conditionnement...

    • Date de publication : 26/04/2023
    • Sujets : Chiffres, économie, Généralités
  • Brief: e-fruitrace project

    The European Commission decided in 2001 to fund the e-fruitrace project, aimed at achieving food security in the EU through an integrated traceability system based on Internet technologies. The 200 000 € project has successfully tested a...

    • Date de publication : 14/06/2005
  • An integrated traceability system: the e-fruit system

    In preparation for the General Food Law, the European Commission decided in 2001 to fund the e-fruitrace project, aimed at achieving food security in the EU through an efficient traceability system based on Internet technologies. With 200,000 euro...

    • Date de publication : 14/06/2005
  • Out of the ordinary: tasting robot

    A state-of-the-art tasting robot may transform quality and safety checks. Papero, a 60-com robot developed by NEC, is fitted with infrared spectroscopic technology and a processor and software. It can identify foods, list their ingredients and...

    • Date de publication : 15/11/2006
  • The incidence of foodborne infections in France

    A report, dated May 10, 2004, from the French Health Monitoring Agency (InVS) evaluated, from the analysis of available data, the incidence of foodborne infections in France. Over 200 diseases of bacterial, viral and parasitic or toxic origin are...

    • Date de publication : 15/07/2004
  • Hygiene of foodstuffs

    On the basis of the principle that every European citizen is entitled to a varied diet of safe and wholesome food and that all information on the composition, manufacturing processes and use of foodstuffs must be clear and accurate and with a view...

    • Date de publication : 18/10/2004
  • Le défi de la chaîne du froid des vaccins anti COVID-19 en Afrique

    Une grande partie des pays africains ne dispose pas des infrastructures nécessaires pour le stockage des vaccins à basse température. Le froid solaire peut constituer une solution dans les zones...

    • Date de publication : 23/02/2021
    • Sujets : Pays en développement
  • Packaging innovations

    Plant-based food packaging Biodegradable packaging looks set to be the way of the future. A sharp rise in demand for natural products and healthier food added to the stability of maize prices versus those of petroleum-based polymers have...

    • Date de publication : 05/05/2006
  • Brief: Tetrapack

    Tetrapak has launched a low-temperature ice-cream innovation based on a unique cold-kneading freezing process that creates fine-structured ice cream of improved quality and paves the way to production of new and healthier products. The Hoyer...

    • Date de publication : 05/05/2006
  • Amélioration de la chaîne du froid pour les produits biopharmaceutiques réfrigérés (en anglais)

    "Le plus grands défi dans le transport de produits pharmaceutiques réfrigérés consiste à conserver une fourchette de température optimale."

    • Date de publication : 18/07/2017
  • Refrigeration is the greatest invention in the history of food and drink

    The Royal Society, a pre-eminent UK national academy of science classified refrigeration as the greatest invention in the history of food and drink in a project identifying the 20 most important inventions throughout human history.

    • Date de publication : 23/11/2012
    • Sujets : Généralités