At the very top, the zooplankton of our particular
food chain is you--the reader/viewer.
In every other science fiction series, humans are at the top of the
food chain. In the 'Babylon 5' universe, they're in the bottom third.
We also sought to consider the role that body size plays in determining
food chain lengths and perhaps even food-web structure.
In February, the French farm minister said meat from three horse carcasses contaminated with bute had entered the human
food chain in France but added there was no public health risk.
Indeed it is illegal for horses humanely put down by injection on the racecourse to enter the
food chain. We are as confident as we possibly can be that no unfit meat ever reaches the human
food chain."
Ms Creagh said it was a "very serious development" and demanded action to ensure that "illegal and carcinogenic horse meat stops entering the human
food chain".
Responding to Ms Creagh's claims, the FSA said: "Horses which have been treated with phenylbutazone or 'bute' are not allowed to enter the
food chain.
But the FSA admitted five horses tainted with Bute had got into the
food chain in France.
Because suppliers want the meat fresh it did go into the
food chain. We alerted the French."
We eat everything in this
food chain, except plankton and sunlight.
Improving the integrity of the
food chain, making certain that food is traceable, safe to eat, high quality and genuine, requires new diagnostic tools, the implementation of novel information systems and input from all
food chain participants..
There are fears that radiation leaking from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant could be getting into the
food chain. According to the IAEA, spinach, water, and milk from regions near the nuclear plant show radiation levels above the legal safety limit.
"Opposite to the cow wallpaper, will be a 'grass wall' which forms a part of the
food chain concept, whereby the grass symbolises food for the cows that is then later turned into our food.
The long-lasting chemicals get into the
food chain and build up in people's bodies - triggering tumours, heart disease and infertility.
MEAT from a total of three offspring of a cloned cow has entered the
food chain, the Food Standards Agency said.
