With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) having narrowed down the origin of contaminated romaine lettuce, experts urge consumers to be vigilant in determining the source of any lettuce they purchase.
US growers and suppliers are just beginning to grapple with the fallout from an E. coli outbreak related to romaine lettuce that has sickened 32 people in 11 states.
On November 26, 2018, the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) released a risk assessment on the new sequencing information of genetically modified soybean A2704-12.
A new rapid testing kit developed at Western University in London, Ontario, can detect E. coli in romaine lettuce long before shipments hit grocery shelves.
Supermarkets are currently eliminating -or trying to eliminate- plastic bags, but their produce sections are overflowing with disposable clamshell cases, Styrofoam trays and cellophane.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is collaborating with provincial public health partners, the Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada, as well as the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Food and Drug Adm
The strawberry contamination saga that rocked Australia in September is still not over, after a needle was found inside fruit purchased from a supermarket on Saturday.
On Thursday morning, a huge package of almost one million methamphetamine pills was found among crates of longan abandoned on a roadside in Ang Thong's Chaiyo district.
In recent years, many snacks in Southeast Asia, including biscuits and candies, have shown a trend of hot selling in China, but the quality of food is uneven, consumers especially keep eyes open when choosing to buy.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has confirmed previous assessments that dietary exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) – environmental pollutants present at low levels in food and feed – is a health concern.
The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have initiated an investigation on the multistate outbreak of E coli O157: H7, likely linked to romaine lettuce.
With reports surfacing of the smuggling of rotten areca nut (commonly referred to as betel nut) into India via Sri Lanka, FSSAI, India’s apex food regulator, has issued a directive stating that now onwards, every consignment of areca/betel nut will be sub
The DNA found on a needle in a strawberry punnet is extremely likely to belong to Queensland farm supervisor My Ut Trinh, prosecutors have told a Brisbane court.
Thanksgiving is many Americans' favorite holiday because it is a time when family, friends, neighbors and strangers come together to share their favorite foods.
Fifty-one percent of US consumers believe the average person faces a serious health risk from food additives over their lifetime, Pew Research Center research has revealed.
