A research team from the University of Singapore reports their findings that demonstrates a strong correlation between red and processed meat consumption and the risk of developing type II diabetes.
A plan to chart the routes of transmission for Salmonella species is the reason for a new cooperative agreement between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and North Carolina State University (NC State).
The House rejected a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill Thursday that would have cut $2 billion annually from food stamps and let states impose broad new work requirements on those who receive them.
A swine virus deadly to young pigs, one never before seen in North America, is spreading rapidly across the United States and proving harder to control than previously believed.
ASTM International is developing a standard that relates to such questions as how long a brand of chewing gum retains its flavor and whether a piece of steak remains tender as it is being chewed.
On June 12, 2013, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) announced a downgrade of the artificial sweetener sucralose from “Safe” to “Caution.”
Jose Graziano da Silva is applauding China’s efforts to improve food safety, but is concerned about human health issues stemming from soil contamination.
Prior to Thursday's cloture vote, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the Senate Ag Committee, reminded legislators of the economic importance of the bill, and the work that has gone into bill language.
Reuters reported May 22 that yet another food scandal has arisen with the discovery of dangerous levels of toxic cadmium in rice that was being sold in the southern city of Guangzhou.
A total of 224 people across 34 states have been infected with Salmonella Typhimurium, the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported June 6.
The hepatitis A outbreak linked to a frozen berry mix sold at Costco and Harris Teeter stores has now sickened 79 people, 30 of whom were hospitalized, federal health officials reported Friday.
The award for the wittiest reaction to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan to label such products as “mechanically tenderized top sirloin” easily goes to the industry’s powerful American Meat Institute.
In comments submitted last Friday, IDFA supported the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s proposed rule to relist four ingredients, commonly used in dairy products, on the list of allowable substances in organic foods.
The latest survey conducted by The Daily Mail shows that the bacteria numbers in ice offered by over 60% of the UK fast food restaurants are more than that in the water of toilet tank.
