Published: Jun 19, 2015

In China, where food safety scandals are commonplace, the public have to be extra careful before every bite.

Published: Jun 18, 2015

Our objective is to invest in projects that will ensure food security for the country.

Published: Jun 17, 2015

The Obama administration is ordering food companies to phase out the use of heart-clogging trans fats over the next three years, calling them a threat to public health.

Published: Jun 17, 2015

Artificial trans fat will have to disappear from the American diet, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Published: Jun 17, 2015

Micro-organisms may be the answer to fighting the vine disease Psa-V which came close to devastating the New Zealand kiwifruit industry.

Published: Jun 17, 2015

Blue Bell Creameries has been battling a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak for the past five years. The potentially killer bacteria was found in ice cream served at a Kansas hospital and sold by retailers. Reports most recently are blaming plants in Alabama

Published: Jun 17, 2015

The Commerce Ministry will help the Agriculture Ministry to clarify health concerns Hong Kong officials have about the use of the turmeric liquid in exported durian.

Published: Jun 17, 2015

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has finalized its determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the primary dietary source of artificial trans fat in processed foods, are not “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) for use in food.

Published: Jun 17, 2015

US-based Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams has again ceased operations at its production facility after finding listeria during routine testing.

Published: Jun 16, 2015

Following a request from the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM Panel) has reconfirmed previous evaluations that acrylamide in food potentially increases the risk of developing

Published: Jun 15, 2015

This is the year that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) begins rolling out key components of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the sweeping law meant to modernize the U.S. food safety system.

Published: Jun 15, 2015

US - The virulence of Salmonella pathogens depends on the serotype, and now, veterinary medical officer Jean Guard from the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has developed an improved diagnostic tool for identifying the va

Published: Jun 15, 2015

ANALYSIS - Increasing demand for food and changes in the way we live mean that we need to make some big changes in the food supply chain, according to David Evans in his report for the Temperton Fellowship. Jackie Linden reports.

Published: Jun 15, 2015

Alchemy Systems, Austin, Texas, partnered with Instructional Technologies, Inc. (ITI), Vancouver, Wash., to improve fleet safety, fuel efficiency and Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) scores for food industry warehousing and transportation operator

Published: Jun 12, 2015

With the slogan "Nature has its own diversity" Netto Marken-Discount will sell, in selected regions, asparagus from 11th of June to 13th of June 2015.

Published: Jun 12, 2015

Food safety and sustainability is fast becoming the number one concern for many consumers. Recent food recalls highlight the need to test food production and increasingly consumers want to know as much as possible about the food they put on their family’s

Published: Jun 11, 2015

A coalition of health groups has filed a petition with FDA asking the agency to ban eight synthetic flavorings commonly found in in ice cream, baked goods, candy and beverages because they are known to cause can in laboratory animals.

Published: Jun 11, 2015

New research suggests that regular snacking in pears can help people, manage type 2 diabetes.

Published: Jun 11, 2015

The researchers concluded that nut consumption can reduce blood pressure and particularly systolic blood pressure. Of the nuts studied, pistachios seemed to have the strongest effect in reducing both systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

Published: Jun 10, 2015

So you’re headed out to a chain restaurant and want to pick the healthiest one. Red Lobster should be good, right? Seafood’s low in calories, high in protein, and full of good-for-you omega-three fatty-acids, right?