Published: Apr 01, 2014

Antimicrobial solutions are used to reduce contaminants on raw foods such as meats, vegetables and fruits.

Published: Mar 28, 2014

Sunland Inc.’s peanut-processing plant at Portales, NM, has been sold to Canada’s Golden Boy Foods, a move that could restart a facility closed after a 2012 Salmonella outbreak that sickened 46 people in 20 states.

Published: Mar 28, 2014

FSIS issued a public health alert on Wednesday because Nutriom LLC of Lacey, WA declined to expand its Feb. 15, 2014, recall to include an additional 118,541 pounds of processed egg products.

Published: Mar 26, 2014

The Ministry of Public Health in Thailand is urging people to thoroughly wash mushrooms before cooking them after finding that the food item is frequently soaked in formaldehyde before reaching consumers.

Published: Mar 26, 2014

A sample of the milk product was collected for testing at the import surveillance level. The test result showed that the total bacterial count exceeded the legal limit indicating unsatisfactory hygienic conditions.

Published: Mar 24, 2014

A French animal rights group has claimed that horsemeat, imported to the country from north and south America, comes from animals given a drug banned from human consumption.

Published: Mar 21, 2014

There have been 37 confirmed outbreaks of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) in Canada.

Published: Mar 21, 2014

Half of all meat samples tested by Leicester City Council contained the DNA of other animals, a report has found.

Published: Mar 21, 2014

Jack in the Box and other fast-food restaurants were not included in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s list of retailers who might have received recalled beef from Rancho Feeding Corp. in Petaluma, CA.

Published: Mar 21, 2014

In an attempt to help consumers understand the situation surrounding Rancho Feeding Corporation, the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) has posted an update to the recall site.

Published: Mar 19, 2014

A review of the scientific literature on hunting and trapping of wild boar revealed that hunting and trapping has never achieved a drastic reduction in a wild boar population in Europe.

Published: Mar 18, 2014

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned Erickson Dairy of Neillsville, WI, that it was found to be in violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act after inspections at the dairy operation conducted on Dec. 2, 4, and 6, 2013.

Published: Mar 18, 2014

China's food and drug watchdog Monday promised increased safety checks of cod-liver oil products following media exposure of the hazards of overconsumption.

Published: Mar 17, 2014

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is cautioning New Zealand consumers of a small quantity of fresh fruit sold in late February and early March that there is a relatively low risk that this fruit had been contaminated with Hepatitis A virus.

Published: Mar 17, 2014

Following a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak that led to one death, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on March 11 suspended the food facility registration of Roos Foods, Inc., a maker of cheese and dairy products.

Published: Mar 17, 2014

China's food and drug watchdog on Sunday urged investigation and exposure of illicit gelatin products following media reports about the use of industrial waste in food and drugs.

Published: Mar 14, 2014

Arizona is the latest state to confirm cases of the deadly Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus, a highly contagious pig disease, increasing the tally of U.S. states with confirmed cases to 27

Published: Mar 13, 2014

When you are ill, or when you are being treated for certain conditions, your immune system can be weakened and that can make it more difficult to fight off disease.

Published: Mar 12, 2014

The latest lawsuit brought against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concerns the levels of mercury in the seafood we eat.

Published: Mar 12, 2014

Roos Food Inc., the maker of cheese and sour cream, has caused an outbreak of Listeria in Maryland and California that includes on death.