More than a tenth of the fruit and vegetables tested at the farmers’ market in Ta’ Qali last year contained excessive chemical pesticides, prompting action by the authorities.
As well as being accused of employing North Korean workers, Polish company Fructofresh is suspected of using an illegal food additive in their fruit salads.
A study conducted by the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) has found pesticide residues in tomatoes and bitter gourd originating from Kolar.
According to tomato farmers in Dantankari, Katsina State, they have found a solution for the dreaded tomato disease known as tuta absoluta, locally known as ‘tomato ebola’ that ravaged farms in the state.
When you see the words “FDA Approved” on a product, what does that mean? The FDA is a government agency that is responsible for protecting the public health.
Faced with a market that increases the technical requirements on agricultural waste every day, Montosa just opened its own multi-residue laboratory in order to achieve maximum guaranteed control of compounds.
The Australian Lychee Growers Association and peak horticulture body Growcom said today it was safe for Australians to continue to enjoy beautiful fresh ripe lychees, despite concerning reports about an illness affecting children in India.
“We’ve developed a way to leverage the parts of produce left behind on the farm to dramatically extend the shelf life of fresh produce,” says James Rogers with Apeel Sciences.
Hong Kong’s Center for Food Safety (CFS), a unit of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has released the findings of its food safety report for December 2016 and surveillance information for 2016.
The FDA and EPA have issued advice about eating fish, geared toward pregnant women, women of child-bearing age, breastfeeding mothers, and parents of young children.
Due to the progressive introduction of biological crop protection, the use of pesticides and other chemical agents in agriculture has declined by 50 to 90 percent over the past 50 years.
A new pest is worrying California avocado growers. The Asian shot hole borer was first discovered in Los Angeles County in 2003 and has been causing quite the fuss as they have been shown to also affect avocado crops.
