Commercial fruit and vegetable growers, and the community at large, have the opportunity to share their thoughts on the management of Queensland fruit fly (Qfly) as part of a new survey.
FDA and Egyptian officials are working together on an investigation into a Hepatitis A outbreak linked to frozen strawberries from Egypt that were served in smoothies.
Just over a week after flood waters wreaked havoc on Louisiana, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is again sharing life-saving food safety advice.
It’s been more than a month since the last Salmonella case was confirmed in an outbreak traced to cheeses from a North Carolina company, suggesting the episode is over.
Imported frozen strawberries from Egypt, said to be the cause of an outbreak of hepatitis A, have sickened 55 people in six states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday 31 August.
Essam Fayed, issued a statement on Wednesday pointing to increases in Egypt's strawberry exports, saying that safety and quality procedures meet international standards.
The E. coli outbreak in Washington County, Oregon that may be related to livestock at the Washington County fair is a reminder to all that attending county and state fairs can be dangerous.
More than five years ago on Friday, March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 set off a large tsunami sending a 50-foot wall of water over three Fukushima Daiichi reactors.
A seafood-processing facility in Honolulu was found to have “serious violations” of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations during a May 17 and 20 inspection by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Scientists have identified four new pathogens previously not found in Australian chillies, raising the stakes for the country's quarantine and disease resistance efforts.
An activist group says the rejection of 40,000 pounds of catfish from Vietnam is the best evidence possible that Congress should not kill the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new inspection program.
Hawaii News Now reports that the State Health Department has confirmed another case of Hepatitis A in a State Department of Transportation employee, raising the number of confirmed cases to 135.
The National Chestnut Network held in Madrid the annual meeting of its coordination committee, a body that brings together representatives of Spain's most important chestnut producing regions.
