Published: Jun 06, 2013
By: Ros Krasny and Rachelle Younglai
Chinese meat company Shuanghui International's plans to buy U.S.-based pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc (SFD.N) has some lawmakers worried the deal could create food safety issues for U.S. consumers.
Connecticut will require manufacturers to label genetically modified foods, but only after four other states — including one that borders Connecticut — enact similar measures.
The U.S. government is working with private companies to develop a rapid test for genetically modified wheat in response to fears about an unapproved wheat strain, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Tuesday.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service Monday announced its National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) will meet on June 4-6 in Washington, D.C.
Rice quality issues contribute to $3.39bn a year at least in global costs to the food industry from rice waste, significantly boosting the importance of quality testing.
The Food and Drug Administration issued today a final rule that adopts without change the interim final rule on Information Required in Prior Notice of Imported Food.
Beijing's food safety and quality watchdog has responded to media reports that duck meat was found in mutton for sale in a local wholesale market, Beijing News reported on Monday.
The sudden and widespread appearance of a swine virus deadly to young pigs - one never before seen in North America - is raising questions about the bio-security shield designed to protect the U.S. food supply.
Residential areas have emerged as the new hubs for unauthorised local packaged water units, whose proprietors are cashing in on the growing demand for bottled water and the failure of most municipal corporations in the country to meet it.
A study conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) found that all samples of rice and rice-based products analyzed for the metal cadmium were safe for consumption.
The insecticide fipronil poses a high acute risk to honeybees when used as a seed treatment for maize, EFSA has concluded in a report requested by the European Commission.
At least five cases of Campylobacter infection have been found in a new outbreak tied to the same Alaska cow-share program on the Kenai Peninsula that caused a Campylobacter outbreak that sickened 31 people in February 2013.
The American Meat Institute opposes the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new country-of-origin labeling rule and the speedy finalization of the rule is “nonsense,” AMI’s general counsel said in a media call today.
In the wake of the tornadoes that devastated many Oklahoma communities this week, state health officials are reminding that food is more likely to be contaminated after a natural disaster, and should be handled safely.
