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Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA) offers a unique source
of information on food science, food technology and food-related
human nutrition from worldwide sources.
The Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA) database is
produced by the International Food Information Service (IFIS),
which is an independent, not-for-profit organisation representing
four international partner organisations, CAB International in the
UK, the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) in the USA,
the Centrum voor Landbouwpublikaties en Landbouwdocumentatie (PUDOC)
in the Netherlands and the Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft
(DLG) in Germany.
The FSTA database condenses worldwide food literature and contains
bibliographic records (including abstracts) from 1969 to date. FSTA
covers literature on basic sciences relevant to food (biochemistry,
microbiology, toxicology, etc.) as well as biotechnology, food
safety, food processing, food products, patents, economics and
legislation. IFIS works hard to obtain those sources which are not
easily available.
Some 694,000 entries from approximately 4,600 sources which are
scanned regularly for the database are now accessible. The number of
records increases by approximately 2500 each month. The selection
criteria are significance, relevance and scientific excellence. FSTA
is the most prestigious and comprehensive food database and is of
interest to everyone working in the food sector, e.g at universities
or colleges, in the food industry, at food research institutes, or
in government departments.
Use FSTA to answer questions like:
-What are the latest technologies employed in the detection of
genetically modified DNA in food?
-What has been published on vanilla flavour technology? Has
anything been published in Spanish?
- What food colorants are permitted in specific EU countries?
- What are the risks of foodborne disease in cooked-chilled foods?
Sources:
Approximately 4,600 sources, 4,500 being journals, are
indexed and abstracted for FSTA. The sources originate from as many
as 90 different countries and over 40 languages are covered. In
addition to periodical publications, the database also covers
standards, patents, legislation, conference proceedings and
specifically relevant monographs.
Approximately 600 references are added per update.
1. Journal articles
Accession number & update
2005-05-Ge0414 20050101.
TI - Title
Can we eat ourselves thin?
SO - Source
Food Manufacture, 2005, vol.80, no.3, Suppl., New Product
Development, p.19-20, ISSN: 0015-6477.
AU - Author(s)
Knott-M.
AB - Abstract
Compounds that could be used as functional food ingredients for
promotion of wt. loss are discussed. Aspects considered include:
incorporation of CLA into foods; EU legislation concerning treatment
of CLA as a novel food ingredient; an extract from the Hoodia
gordonii plant claimed to act as an appetite suppressant; and a fat
binding substance extracted from a cactus plant.
DE - Descriptors
DISEASES; EXTRACTS; FUNCTIONAL-FOODS; LINOLEIC-ACID; PLANTS; CLA;
INGREDIENTS; OBESITY.
SC - Section
Ge Catering:Prepared foods.
LG - Language
English
PT - Publication Type
Journal-Article.
YR - Year
2005
DT - Date
20050000
COPYRIGHT BY IFIS Ltd, Reading, UK
2. Patents
AN - Accession number
2005-09-Ev0525 20050101
TI - Title
(Coating for surfaces for professional equipment for cooking of
foods.)
PA - Patent information
Patent Assignee: Opus 69 sarl
Patent Number: FR 2863511 A1, French Patent Application.
AU - Author
Inventor(s): Zimmerman-F.
AB - Abstract
Surfaces of equipment for cooking of foods in catering or restaurant
kitchens may be coated with >1 layer of titanium nitride, several
mum or tens of mum thick.
DE - Descriptors
CATERING; COATINGS; EQUIPMENT; PATENTS.
SC - Section
Ev Engineering:Patents.
LG - Language
French
PT - Publication type
Patent
YR - Year
2005
DT - Date
20050000
COPYRIGHT BY IFIS Ltd, Reading, UK
3. Standards
AN - Accession number
2005-09-Nu0609 20050101.
TI - Title
(Animal and vegetable fats and oils. Determination of
stigmastadienes
in vegetable oils. Part 2. Method using high-performance
liquid
chromatography (HPLC).).
SO - Source
French Standard, NF T60-261-2, NF EN ISO 15788-2, pp. 16.
CA - Corporate author
France, Association Francaise de Normalisation.
IN - Author affiliation
Association Francaise de Normalisation (AFNOR), 11 Ave.
Francis de
Pressense, 93571 Saint-Denis La Plaine Cedex, France. Tel. +33
1 41
62 80 00. Fax +33 1 49 17 90 00. E-mail norminfo@afnor.fr. Price
EUR 35.25
AB - Abstract
This standard, which is identical to ISO 15788-2 (issued in 2003)
and
EN ISO 15788-2 (issued in 2004) specifies an HPLC method
for
determination of stigmastadienes in vegetable oils.
The
stigmastadiene concn. may be used as an index for
detection of
presence of refined vegetable oils in prodcuts labelled as
virigin oils.
DE - Descriptors
ADULTERATION; HIGH-PERFORMANCE-LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY;
OILS-VEGETABLE; STANDARDS; STEROLS; FRANCE; HPLC;
STIGMASTADIENES; VEGETABLE-OILS;
SC - SECTION
Nu Fats, oils and margarines:Standards and legislation.
LG - Language
French.
PT - Publication Type
Standard.
YR - Year
2005.
DT - Date
20050000.
Label/description Example
AN Accession number 1_: 2005-05-Ge0414.AN.
& update - see Limit options -
TI Title 2_: EAT ADJ OURSELVES ADJ
THIN.TI.
SO Source 3_: FOOD-MANUFACTURE.SO.
- List all journal-articles ..root SO=
- To see all source types ..root AGRIBUS$.SO.
- Volume Number ..root VOLUME=302
- Issue number ..root ISSUE=APRIL
- Page number ..root PAGE=45-50
- ISSN number ..root ISSN=0007-1845
PA Patent Information 4_:
- For patent assignees TANITA-CORP.PA.
- or to see a list ..root TANITA.PA.
- For patent numbers EP ADJ 1541037.PA.
- or to see a list ..root EP.PA.
AU Author 5_: KNOTT-M.AU.
- or KNOTT$.AU.
- or INVENTOR$.AU.
CA Corporate author(s) 6_: CODEX ADJ ALIMENTARIUS.CA.
IN Author affiliation 7_: NORWEGIAN ADJ UNIV.IN.
AB Abstract 8_: HOODIA ADJ GORDONII
WITH SUPPRESSANT.AB.
DE Descriptors 9_: OBESITY.DE.
or to see a list ..root FATTY-ACID.DE.
To find suitable thesaurus terms ..thes TOXINS
To see thesaurus terms in their
TREE structure ..tree TOXINS
SC Section 10_: PREPARED ADJ FOODS.SC.
- or to see codes and terms listed ..root SC=
CO Commercial terms 11_: MULTISWEET-PLUS.CO.
LG Language 12_: ENGLISH.LG.
- or to select from a list ..root LG=
PT Publication type 13_: JOURNAL-ARTICLE.PT.
- or to select from a list ..root PT=
YR Year 14_: 2005.YR.or YEAR=2005
DT Date 15_: 20050000.DT. or DATE=2005$
1_: DEVELOPING ADJ COUNTR$3
YEAR Publication year YYYY 2_: ..L 1 YEAR=2005
YR Publication year YYYY 3_: ..L 1 YR>2000
UDATE Update month YYYYMMDD 4_: ..L 1 UDATE<20010810
UMONTH Update month YYYYMM 5_: ..L 1 UMONTH GT 200510
By paragraph - title, source _: ..P TI, SO 1-10
SHORT AN TI AU CA SO YR
MEDIUM AN TI AU CA SO YR AB
LONG AN TI AU CA SO YR AB DE
ALL AN TI AU CA IN SO LG PT YR SC AB DE
KWIC Context of search terms from AB paragraph
FREE AN mI PT DE
_: ..P MEDIUM 1-5,12.
To see the population of each field Root on the field label,
followed by equals, eg: ..root DE=
To see how many documents the database holds type in DOCZ.
AN - Accession number & update date
The numbers come in two formats depending on whether IFIS sends the
document in a weekly or monthly update.However, the Datastar update
is the last date, and the only one relevant for searching.
TI - Title of article:
Where the original article is in a language other than English, the
title is translated into English, and displayed in brackets.
For articles written in German, as well as book publications in any
non-English language, the document also displays the title in the
original language.
SO - Source of publication:
Quick code SO= will list journal articles only. For all other
publication types Root on the source name.
1_: ..root SO=
2_: ..root GUMS .SO.
Patents do not have an SO field; search PA
PA - Patent information:
This field contains the Patent Assignee, the owner of the patent, and
the Application number of the patent. For the inventor search the
AU field, by 'Inventor' or personal name.
1_:COGNIS$.PA.
AU - Author
Contains authors and inventors.The term 'inventor' is searchable, so
will retrieve all patents.This field can be searched free text, but
the best method is to root on AU.
2_:INVENTOR WITH ESCUDERO$.AU.
DE - Descriptors
These are terms reflecting the major concepts within the document.
Index terms are drawn from the FSTA thesaurus, plus non-controlled
phrases on approximately 5% of documents.This is a reducing
percentage as non-controlled terms are no longer being applied.
The interactive thesaurus is available online (using commands
..THES, ..TREE and ..EXPL) Further information about each term
is available in the FVOC database.
Descriptor terms are double posted. For example FAT.DE. will
retrieve articles indexed to FAT, but also FAT-BEADS, FAT-CANNED,
FAT-CHEESE etc.
To restrict your search to a single term, FAT, qualify with .W.
1_: FAT.DE.
2_: 1.DE..W.
Use the online thesaurus (..THES) to select terms.
3_: ..THES FAT
THES FAT$
R1 Low-Fat-Foods --> Fats-Low-Foods
R2 2 Milk-Fat-Globule-Membranes
R3 2 Milk-Fat-Globules
R4 Fat-Mimetics --> Fat-Substitutes
R5 Fat-Replacers --> Fat-Substitutes
R6 Solids-Not-Fat --> Snf
R7 Low-Fat-Spreads --> Fats-Low-Spreads
R8 # Fat-Substitutes
R9 # Fats
then select the appropriate R number
4_: R1, R4-R5
When searching multi-word index terms you can also search using
hyphens, or operators eg: ADJ or WITH, and qualify to .DE.
5_: MILK-FAT-GLOBULES
6_: FAT ADJ SUBSTITUTES.DE.
To search on all terms below your term in the hierarchy, you can
either use has (#) or ..THES and select terms with #.
7_: MARINE-OILS#
or
8_: ..THES MARINE
THES MARINE$
R1 # 3 Marine-Fish
R2 # Marine-Oils
END OF THES
D-S - SEARCH MODE - ENTER SEARCH TERMS
1_: r2#
To see the three trees containing the term MARINE-FISH use ..TREE R1
SC - Section
Use these to define the context of your search.
This is an FSTA hierarchy of broader and narrower codes and terms.
To see both codes and terms Root on SC= The codes cover exactly the
same as the terms, so for ease select terms.Narrower terms will
retrieve items from 1998+, broader terms cover the whole database.
DT - Date
This field is for Datastar standardisation, so will always only have
the year followed by four zeros.
Alerts: Are available in FSTA.
..RANK and ..MAP: Are available in the AU, DT, YR paragraph.
Guides:
The Guide is available online in BASE - search BASE-FSTA.
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