Published: Jun 02, 2012 By: Arabella Mileham

One of Poland’s major wholesale retailers has upped its commitment to sourcing high welfare pork.

Published: Jun 02, 2012

Marsh Butcheries has recalled vacuum-packed chorizo sausages from its retail store in Stratford, Cairns, in Queensland, Australia, due to the presence of Listeria Monocytogenes, according to the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ).

Published: Jun 01, 2012

Australian medical experts have raised the alarm over a rising number of Asian fish imports containing banned antibiotics.

Published: Jun 01, 2012

Nova Scotia’s Aquaculture Strategy is an important step in the development of the province’s sustainable salmon farming sector, says the Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association.

Published: Jun 01, 2012

Routine tests of raw beef manufacturing trim for six additional strains of E. coli will begin, as scheduled, on June 4, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) confirmed May 31.

Published: Jun 01, 2012

The Food Standards Agency has entered the home straight in its aim to ensure that food bought, cooked and eaten during London 2012 is safe. You can read all about it in the May edition of FSA eNews.

Published: Jun 01, 2012

The US government is set to introduce new regulations, under which, meat industry has to test six additional strains of E.coli, a move which is expected to protect the safety of the American food supply.

Published: Jun 01, 2012

More than 200 batches of substandard imported food were uncovered in April 2012, authorities in China have announced.

Published: May 31, 2012 By: By Rick Pendrous

Employees are being encouraged to spill the beans on food manufacturers that are jeopardising food safety by cutting corners in these cash-strapped times.

Published: May 31, 2012

Don McRae, Minister of Agriculture for British Columbia clarifies provisions within the new Animal Health Act and allays concerns expressed by some, specifically around privacy issues and disclosure of disease outbreaks.

Published: May 31, 2012

A second British Columbian salmon farm is under an official Canadian Food Inspection Agency quarantine order after a positive test for infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus.

Published: May 31, 2012

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) is in the process of amending the Southern Bluefin Tuna Management Plan 1995 to allow for the introduction of new monitoring arrangements for the purse seine sector.

Published: May 31, 2012

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has released two studies that found more than 99% of a wide variety of food samples tested were compliant with Health Canada standards for chemical residues.

Published: May 31, 2012

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has approved the use of dibromo-dimethylhydantoin (DBDMH) as an antimicrobial washing agent across all food products.

Published: May 30, 2012 By: Vladislav Vorotnikov

The Russian Parliament is in the final stages of discussing a stringent new law to fight against the spread of salmonella in poultry.

Published: May 30, 2012 By: Rod Addy

Discussion continues over whether stevia compounds in food and drink products can be labelled as ‘natural’, with the weight of opinion favouring ‘from a natural source’ as a descriptor.

Published: May 30, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Chancellor George Osborne’s surprise u-turn on plans to charge to VAT on some hot pasties, pies and sausage rolls has received widespread press coverage. Here’s how the national media – newspapers, TV and radio – have reported the news.

Published: May 30, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley,

The head of a powerful Indian trade body representing multinational alcohol brands has told BeverageDaily.com that standards proposed by the FSSAI to set nationwide alcohol limits in drinks are a waste of time.

Published: May 30, 2012

The UK government has now reversed its plans to tax pasties 20% outlined in its March Budget.

Published: May 30, 2012 By: Mark Astley

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has denied any correlation between growing imports and an increase in food incident reports in 2011, despite Salmonella-contaminated paan leaves from India and Bangladesh being a driving factor.