The Queensland Strawberry Growers Association suspects a disgruntled ex-employee was behind the sewing needles found in a number of strawberries sold by Woolworths.
Mexican authorities closed 22.97 hectares of illegal orchards which had cut down 1,162 trees in order plant avocados, stated the environmental prosecutor on Friday, September 7, 2018.
New peer-reviewed research into weight-loss and sports/energy supplements containing higenamine has found unpredictable, inaccurately labeled and potentially harmful dosages of the stimulant.
Food policy experts are warning consumers and the UK meat industry about the chance of US hormone-treated beef entering the UK once it has left the European Union.
Malaysia has been declared free from African swine fever (ASF) since the virus was detected in the Asian continent on Aug 3, Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Sim Tze Tzin said on Friday (Sep 7).
As the UK gears up to part from the EU, a new report published by the Food Research Collaboration warned that there are signs the government could compromise on food standards in order to win trade agreements with non-EU states such as the US.
The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) new working group of scientific experts will start evaluating recent toxicological data on the food contact material bisphenol A (BPA) shortly.
The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has entered an order of permanent injunction against S. Hackett Marketing LLC doing business as Just Enhance.
According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the multi-state outbreak of cyclosporiasis that started June 15 and was linked to Del Monte Fresh Produce Vegetable Trays appears to be over.
When executive Candy Chan, 47, returned from work on Tuesday (Sep 4), she was confronted with an unappetising situation: There was plastic mixed into the minced pork her domestic helper had bought.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is developing a series of standards for verifying many of the ingredients of infant formula to show the product is safe for consumption and contains what it says on the label.
Kansas health officials say tomatoes served at a church dinner tested positive for Salmonella Newport and are the likely the cause of dozens of reported illnesses.
The South African citrus sector has informed the European Commission that it will voluntarily suspend part of their citrus exports to Europe as of September 22 due to the risk of spreading the Black Spot disease to the European producing countries.
