Published: Mar 15, 2013

A woman called the Scottish Society for the Protection against Cruelty to Animals after finding a tropical scorpion in a bunch of bananas brought home from the supermarket.

Published: Mar 15, 2013

Shanghai authorities have guaranteed the quality of the city's drinking water despite more than 7,500 rotting pig carcasses being found floating on the Huangpu River in the past week.

Published: Mar 13, 2013

Scottish ministers have been urged to look at the quality of school meals in light of the horsemeat scandal.

Published: Mar 12, 2013 By: Kazunori Takada and Samuel Shen

Over 2,200 pigs have been found dead in one of Shanghai's main water sources, official media reported on Monday, triggering a public outcry in China where concerns over food safety and environmental pollution run high.

Published: Mar 11, 2013

The formal review by Denmark’s food safety agency, Fødevarestyrelsen, has found that 67 diners at the tiny Noma restaurant suffered from nausea and diarrhea after they contracted norovirus at the establishment between Feb. 12 and 16.

Published: Mar 11, 2013

Just because you buy organic and avoid storing your food in plastic containers does not necessarily mean that the toxic plastics chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) is no longer in your food.

Published: Mar 11, 2013

Advertisements showing a juicy burger or a sandwich piled high with meats may look appealing, but those meats are often processed before being served to you.

Published: Mar 08, 2013

People consuming a lot of processed meat such as sausages, ham, and bacon are at an increased risk of early death.

Published: Mar 08, 2013

The Ontario government is recommending that all restaurants, including those which serve fast food, list the calories of each item on their menu.

Published: Mar 08, 2013

Four people taken ill after a Newcastle street food festival were suffering from food poisoning, environmental health chiefs said.

Published: Mar 06, 2013

Women who consume unhealthy foods rich in fats and sugars during pregnancy may be putting their children at risk to become “junk food" addicts.

Published: Mar 05, 2013

Three years after Seattle put healthy snacks in vending machines located in parks and recreation facilities, the city Monday applied the policy to all its properties.

Published: Mar 01, 2013

Portuguese authorities have announced that they have seized 87t of beef products that contained traces of horsemeat.

Published: Feb 19, 2013 By: Vladislav Vorotnikov

Russian authorities have begun inspecting meat products on sale in supermarkets for the presence of horsemeat in the wake of the contamination scandal in Europe.

Published: Feb 18, 2013

French prosecutors are investigating how horse meat was sold as beef, the country's consumer affairs minister said Thursday.

Published: Feb 18, 2013 By: Keith Nunes

The United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency has published the results of its first set of industry tests of beef products for the presence of horse meat.

Published: Feb 17, 2013

China on Sunday (10 February) reported two human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in southwestern city of Guiyang, the Ministry of Health announced.

Published: Feb 17, 2013 By: Sarah Davies

It has been confirmed that Worcestershire County Council is testing school meals for the presence of horsemeat.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

Downing Super Bowl snacks can pack on the calories. Tips to avoid the overload.

Published: Jan 31, 2013 By: COOKSON BEECHER

For farmers who sell fresh fruits and vegetables at farmers markets, food safety will be business as usual, despite the federal Food and Drug Administration’s new proposed rules governing produce.