1.   Now Axis is working on vaccines against diarrhea and hepatitis B that it foresees selling in preserved foods like pureed bananas for babies, dried tomatoes or banana chips.

2.   An enterprising Japanese baker has cashed in on the craze for preserved food products and is hoping take the world by storm with a novel idea -- canned bread.

3.   Orders from companies and local governments for special preserved food rations -- the same type used in space flight -- have more than tripled, the Yomiuri Shimbun said.

4.   The entrepreneurs enjoyed a field day, disposing of long unsold tents, water and preserved foods, it added.