Ari Daniel
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The standardized process of evaluating cacao took years to develop.
It involves roasting the beans, separating out the shells...
and then running the nibs through a mill.
Sugar and cocoa butter are added before pouring the resulting chocolate into molds.
Julien Simonis helped develop the process for the Cacao of Excellence program created by a non-profit in Rome.
Which helps persuade consumers to pay for higher quality chocolate, thereby benefiting farmers, many of whom struggle economically.
The standardized process of evaluating cacao took years to develop.
It involves roasting the beans, separating out the shells, and then running the nibs through a mill.
Sugar and cocoa butter are added before pouring the resulting chocolate into molds.
Julien Simonis helped develop the process for the Cacao of Excellence program, created by a non-profit in Rome.
Which helps persuade consumers to pay for higher quality chocolate, thereby benefiting farmers, many of whom struggle economically.
Authorities are relying on a time-tested approach for limiting the transmission of the hantavirus, contact tracing.
It involves locating the close contacts of those at high risk of infection.
Preeti Malani is an infectious disease physician at the University of Michigan.
Precautions can be taken with high-risk individuals, including quarantine, so they don't accidentally come into contact with even more people and spread the illness further.
Public health officials believe this approach will help keep the hantavirus outbreak contained.