Published: Jun 20, 2019

The Department of Agriculture has dispatched officials to inspect a large banana plantation in Chiang Rai province after a report of an outbreak of Panama disease.

Published: Jun 19, 2019

A UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) review has found that 3.5 percent of chickens purchased from the top nine UK food retailers tested positive for the higher level of contamination of campylobacter.

Published: Jun 18, 2019

As children have died of an unexplained mystery disease in the Muzaffarpur district of Bihar, people are looking at the litchi.

Published: Jun 14, 2019

Onion crops are vulnerable to a virus known as Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV), which they acquire from insects called onion thrips (Thrips tabaci).

Published: Jun 13, 2019

In a three-year research project, the Max Rubner Institute has examined the microbiological quality of fresh, plant-based products.

Published: Jun 13, 2019

Nuristan police forces seized 550 kilograms of explosives from a vegetables truck.

Published: Jun 12, 2019

Taiwanese agriculture officials have confirmed that the caterpillars found on a farm in Miaoli County last week have been identified as fall armyworms (Spodoptera frugiperda), an invasive species that has devastated crops across north America, Africa, the

Published: Jun 06, 2019

There have been multiple research studies that link ultra processed food and obesity, but scientists have also found a link between the same type of food and diseases and diseases that cause death, in two studies that have been published recently.

Published: Jun 06, 2019

With mango varieties like the Banganapalli, Malgova, Totapuri and Sindhoora from Tamil Nadu and Kerala flooding the north-east Indian markets, the fear of Nipah virus is becoming more prevalent.

Published: Jun 04, 2019

Spices and aromatic herbs can be contaminated with mycotoxins due to their pre-harvest, post-harvest and storage conditions.

Published: Jun 04, 2019

June has arrived, which means that it is almost time for "Tmall 618", the Chinese shopping holiday on June 18th.

Published: Jun 04, 2019

In Singapore, there were four cases of fruits and vegetables illegally imported between January and April this year, with enforcement action taken against the companies responsible.

Published: May 30, 2019

The unofficial start to summer also means the beginning of a season full of Jersey Fresh produce but romaine lettuce growers there say they’re struggling to sell the crop.

Published: May 28, 2019

The Centers for Disease Control had some gloomy warnings to kick off Memorial Day Weekend.

Published: May 22, 2019

Del Monte Fresh Produce in Sanger has reached a settlement for ammonia release and emergency response violations, the Environmental Protection Agency says.

Published: May 14, 2019

The outbreak of E. coli related to romaine lettuce, which broke out in North America last fall, caused the death of a two-year-old boy in Ontario.

Published: May 14, 2019

Federal officials are collecting 2,000 samples of frozen berries produced in and imported to the United States as part of an effort to develop preventive controls against pathogens such as hepatitis A and norovirus.

Published: May 14, 2019

Days after two laboratories confirmed illegal Bt brinjal (genetically modified eggplant) cultivation in the Indian state of Haryana, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan has received a legal notice on the government's failure to curb commercial farmin

Published: May 13, 2019

For the first time, the phytosanitary inspections carried out at the border of the European Commission have detected the presence of the fungus Guirnardia citricarpa CBS - better known as Black Spot - in seven shipments of citrus fruits imported into the

Published: May 10, 2019

Onion prices in the countries of Central Asia rose sharply due to increased demand for products from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and countries of the European Union.