More than two dozen food recalls so far this year due to contamination with deadly Listeria monocytogenes do not necessarily mark an increase, but they are involving a much broader range of foods and popular brands which the public has never before associ
UK - New figures from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) show that up to a third of the population could contract food poisoning from campylobacter, a bug most commonly found on raw chicken, during their lifetime.
UK - Farmers across the country are continuing to suffer heavy losses through oilseed rape crop damage following restrictions to the availability of neonicotinoids, the NFU has said. - See more at: http://www.thecropsite.com/news/17615/neonicotinoid-ban-c
US senator Kirsten Gillibrand has launched a new bill that would improve the recall process for meat and poultry products, giving the USDA mandatory recall authority over contaminated products.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has developed a new government certification and labeling for foods that are free of genetically modified (GM) ingredients
The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has said that raw or partially cooked beef products that have been mechanically tenderised will need to carry more information
The NSW Food Authority is urging food manufacturers to be aware of their responsibility when it comes to managing the growing increase of food allergies.
Food safety is important for everyone but its especially important for you. Thats why the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service and the U.S. Department of Health and Huma
To help Americans avoid the health risks posed by food allergens, Congress passed the Food Allergen Labeling and consumer Protection Act of 2004 (FALCPA). The law applies to all foods whose labeling is regulated by FDA, both domestic and imported.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was chasing down a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 cases just hours before the holiday. We wanted the story.
IDFA advocated effectively for reasonable regulations in the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO) that will allow it to align with pending requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The attendees also agreed to allow industry sufficient time t
HONG KONG, May 12 -- Hong Kong authorities announced Tuesday that they have banned the import of poultry meat and products (including poultry eggs) from Whitley County in the United States, Nahouri Pr
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)'s testing at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Diseases has confirmed the strain causing the avian influenza outbreak on two farms in the Fraser Valley as a highly-pathogenic H5N2 virus.
Thousands of turkeys and chickens have died from H5 subtype avian influenza at two poultry farms in south-western British Columbia, Canada, with both locations currently under quarantine.
