The process can also retard spoilage, and it doesn't affect the taste of the food.
So the commission wants Congress to set a national goal of 2 percent spoilage.
At the clinics VillageReach supplied and installed refrigerators to prevent spoilage and lights powered by propane.
In New York, a class of sixth graders invented a milk pitcher that detects spoilage.
Poor coordination between the federal government and India's states also results in the spoilage of grains that are properly stored.
Power outages across Maryland and New Jersey gave Krugman some hope that enough food spoilage would cause farm prices to rise.
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In New Zealand, an industrial design student has come up with a concept for a doorless refrigerator that reduces food spoilage.
That's vital because the commission found that some states had relatively moderate spoilage rates statewide but shocking spoilage rates in certain precincts.
Overall, the commission is less concerned about the methods used to meet the 2 percent spoilage goal, merely that it be met as soon as possible.
Metals markets are particularly attractive for sharp operators because, unlike some other commodities, or equities, the underlying asset can be stored indefinitely without spoilage or change.
The commission wants the nation to set a goal of only 2 percent spoilage, meaning no more than 2 percent of the votes in any precinct would be thrown out.
One application Sotzing has been working on is meat packaging with a built-in tongue that can taste the first signs of spoilage and activate a color change as a warning.
In addition to the liver function test, DFA is developing tests for milk spoilage and cow pregnancy, which it hopes to test in Kenya with an East African dairy collective.
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Those who need frequent shopping trips to avoid spoilage and because they have less money at any one particular time rather than infrequent shopping trips to buy in bulk suffer the consequences.
One hint, however, of just how much spoilage is out there: Southwest issues free tickets to customers after 16 credits are earned (eight round-trip flights), and the certificates expire after a year.
BPA, as its known, is a chemical used to make the epoxy mix that line canned goods and prevent them from spoilage, preserving canned goods and saving tens of thousands of lives every year.
Similarly, in Glastonbury, CT, a Whole Foods grocery store kept the coolers running during a power outage with its 200-kW fuel cell made by UTC Power, which dramatically reduced inventory losses resulting from food spoilage.
The cost is far outweighed by the savings in inventory, shrinkage and spoilage, which is why the simple everyday items that Taleb mentions are available to everybody today, not just aristocrats in the ancient times he so adores.
What the commission does want the nation to strive for is a dramatic reduction in ballot spoilage -- that is, ballots thrown out due to malfunctioning equipment, confusion on the part of voters or mistaken information given by poll workers.
Borrowing in China and has become more difficult, too, though, so manufacturers may shy away from longer supply chains and the risks they carry, including getting inventory stuck in transit, particularly in industries with short product cycles or high spoilage.
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