As the FDA prepares to conduct consumer research into whole grain labeling statements before it issues finalized guidance for industry, the debate over precisely what should constitute a âwhole grainâ, as well as how the amount of whole grain should be disclosed, continues to rage.f the definition were to be limited to cereals and pseudo-cereals, then at minimum, it should include pulses (beans, chickpeas, lentils, peas) which include significant starch fractions. â The guiding principle behind developing whole-grain definitions should be based on nutritional, not taxonomic, considerations .â.
Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA of Germany, a global pharmaceutical and chemical company, and Neopharma earlier yesterday announced a pharmaceutical production agreement under which Neopharma will initially manufacture two Merck Serono products -- Euthyrox, a hormone therapy requiring a very stringent sterile environment for production and packaging, and Glucophage a standard oral treatment for people suffering from type 2 diabetes that helps control blood sugar levels.
Eucatastrophe is a term coined by English writer J. R. R. Tolkien which refers to the sudden turn of events at the end of a story which ensures that the protagonist does not meet some terrible, impending, and very plausible and probable doom. Tolkien formed the word by affixing the Greek prefix eu, meaning good, to catastrophe, the word traditionally used in classically inspired literary criticism to refer to the unraveling or conclusion of a drama's plot. For Tolkien, the term appears to have had a thematic meaning that went beyond its literal etymological meaning in terms of form. In his definition as outlined in his 1947 essay On Fairy-Stories, eucatastrophe is a fundamental part of his conception of mythopoeia.