The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) received notification that consumer complaint about glass fragments in the Italian almond pastry concerned was received in Germany.
Food safety is raising eyebrows among the Chinese public once again, after a family-run workshop in east China was exposed to be selling duck blood made with banned additives.
New outbreaks of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) suspected in the departments of Huila and Cundinamarca are so far being contained, according to the authorities.
A possible outbreak of food poisoning earlier this month sickened several people and hospitalized two in Mt. Vernon, IL, according to a news report published Tuesday.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will allow irradiation on crab, shrimp, lobster, crayfish and prawns to control foodborne pathogens and extend shelf life.
Certain salted fish products like fesikh, a traditional dish in the Egyptian community, represent an increased risk of botulism because of the way they are prepared.
Hundreds of diners at an Italian restaurant in suburban New York may have been exposed to hepatitis A in the last few weeks after a food handler there was found to have the liver disease, the county health department said.
More than 1,300 Hepatitis A cases have been reported in 11 countries by the European Food Safety Authority since January 2013, with 240 confirmed cases related to an ongoing outbreak.
There is now a high risk of African Swine Fever becoming endemic in Georgia, Armenia and Russia, according to a new assessment by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
An ongoing investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed more illnesses linked to Foster Farms chicken that was tainted with Salmonella Heidelberg.
Although Salmonella is not common in Canadian eggs, some people are more susceptible to the bacteria, particularly young children, the elderly, pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems.
Federal criminal charges related to contaminated peanut butter produced in 2007 in Sylvester, GA, may yet be brought against the owner, ConAgra Foods Inc.
Eggs were also inoculated with a research strain of Salmonella and treated to the RF-based process, which killed 99.999 percent of the cells, according to ARS chemical engineer Dave Geveke.
Hainan province's delayed announcement that it discovered the illegal planting of genetically modified corn and cotton has triggered public concerns about how information relating to GM food in China is disclosed.
Nearly a month after health authorities warned restaurants, cafes and caterers not to use Green Eggs products in raw egg dishes, the producer has been deemed safe.
A petition launched by food blogger Vani Hari in February urged Subway restaurants to stop using azodicarbonamide, or ADA, in its sandwich bread and baked goods.
