New study published

The third edition of the research reports of the Department of Economics at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences (ISSN 1866-2722) has been published. The author, Prof. Dr. Manfred Turban, professor for international retail marketing, together with Julia Wolf, a graduate of the economics department, examined the question of which internationalization strategies the German food discount store operators Aldi and Lidl use and compared them with one another.

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Quality standards in the agricultural and food industries currently provide plenty of conversation: Make this an opportunity for the German meat industry or more an existential threat to small businesses represent?

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Researchers at the Spanish University of Extremadura in Badajoz carried out a study on the occurrence of staphylococci in long-matured Iberian raw sausages. The sausages are made in the Extremadura region using traditional technologies and without the addition of starter cultures. This enables the meat's own microorganisms to multiply, which among other things play an important role in the development of aroma, texture, nutritional value and safety. The type and number of staphylococci are influenced by the manufacturing conditions, in particular by the pH and aw values. With their enzymes, catalase and nitrate reductase, they counteract rancidity and promote the development of the typical red salt color. They also play a role in the formation of aromas.

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Source: Meat Science 79 (2008), 224-235.

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Highest death rate from heart attacks in Brandenburg, lowest in Berlin

The death rate from heart disease is falling continuously - this is shown by the data of the current heart report, which was presented today at the autumn conference of the German Society for Cardiology in Hamburg. However, not all residents of Germany benefit in the same way from the trend towards fewer cardiac deaths; there are considerable regional differences in mortality.

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Above-average increases in the cost of myocardial infarction treatment

The heart attack mortality continues to fall, shows the current heart report, which was presented at the autumn meeting of the German Society of Cardiologists. Heart attack deaths are increasingly moving "outside" to the hospital as a result of improved emergency care. Other trends: Cardiac catheter services have seen their lowest increases since 1980. And the proportion of elderly people who have had heart surgery is increasing. With a new documentation project of the DGK further data for an optimized supply planning are to be collected.

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BVL, Paul Ehrlich Society and Freiburg University Hospital present antibiotic resistance atlas "GERMAP 2008" - with download link

Numerous bacterial pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and enterococci have become less sensitive to antibiotics, making the diseases they cause in humans and animals more difficult to treat. This is the result of a joint publication presented in Bonn by the Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety, the Paul Ehrlich Society for Chemotherapy and Infectious Diseases at the Freiburg University Medical Center. With the presented antibiotic resistance and consumption atlas, information on the frequency of resistance of bacterial pathogens and the consumption of antibiotics in human and veterinary medicine is available for the first time in Germany. The atlas is a first step towards assessing the risks of existing and potential development of resistance and developing recommendations for the treatment of humans and animals with antibiotics.

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Vitamin C can not prevent contagion / benefit of dietary supplements is often overestimated

The days are getting shorter, temperatures are dropping - and with the winter months approaching, the cold and flu season. Many people now resort to vitamin C tablets to prevent. But research has shown that vitamin and food supplements containing much protection not as good as, for example, frequent hand washing - and that high doses can even be harmful. The Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) information and a quiz on the subject of prevention has published: helping to separate widespread myths from facts to distinguish.

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How to sleep properly

Sleep promotes memory formation and for a long time it was thought that this happened in REM sleep when one was dreaming. Scientists from the Universities of Basel and Lübeck have discovered that pharmacological suppression of sleep with rapid eye movements does not interfere with memory formation, but promotes it. In doing so, they refute the REM sleep-memory hypothesis. The results were published by the scientific journal "Nature Neuroscience".

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The apricots look fresh when they have just arrived at the supermarket, but the next day there are already rotten spots on some fruits. With spatially resolving spectroscopy, they can be identified at an early stage. Now there is an inexpensive variant of the expensive process.

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For World Animal Protection Day, which is celebrated annually on October 4th, the German Animal Welfare Association has proclaimed the motto "Piglet Protest". In Germany, more than 22 million male piglets are castrated every year. Without anesthesia - with full consciousness and with full pain sensation, both testicles are removed from the piglets with a sharp knife. The German Animal Welfare Act legalizes this agony. With a sensational campaign, the German Animal Welfare Association drew attention to the millionfold suffering of piglets this week at Berlin's Alexanderplatz.

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