Published: Nov 28, 2012

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has suspended the licence of Capital Packers, a facility based in Edmonton, Alberta, after it found that proper food safety controls were not being followed at the establishment.

Published: Nov 28, 2012

McDonald's is at the centre of an investigation of an outbreak of salmonella at one of its restaurants in Illinois.

Published: Nov 27, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance in Russia has identified bacteria in poultry meat imported from Ukraine.

Published: Nov 27, 2012

Owners of a Bloomington, Illinois McDonalds voluntarily shut the establishment down last week after it was linked to a series of Salmonella infections.

Published: Nov 27, 2012 By: JAMES ANDREWS

For the first time the U.S. Food and Drug Administration used its authority to suspend the registration of peanut butter processor Sunland Inc, the plant connected to a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 41 people across 20 states.

Published: Nov 27, 2012

Daniel Constantin declared on Tuesday that all fruit imports from Turkey would undergo detailed controls as a result of recent grapefruit imports that had been found to contain pesticide residues above the legally permitted amount.

Published: Nov 27, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

A federal court in California has rejected arguments by The Hershey Company that a plaintiff's claims against the chocolate icon are preempted by U.S. law.

Published: Nov 27, 2012

Diageo has praised New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for introducing new drunk driving regulations in the state to keep a check on repeated alcohol and drug related driving convictions.

Published: Nov 27, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fined four fishing vessels operated by three different seafood companies more than USD 300,000 for violations of seafood waste discharge regulations, according to a release from the EPA.

Published: Nov 26, 2012

China on Friday said it will suspend import of nuts produced by US Sunland Inc over Salmonella outbreaks.

Published: Nov 26, 2012

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has suspended the licence of Capital Packers’ facility in Edmonton, Alberta, effective 22 November 2012.

Published: Nov 26, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The world of college football traditionally reserves Thanksgiving weekend for its rivalry bowls. And with big bowl games, tailgating parties are never too far behind.

Published: Nov 26, 2012 By: David Liu

A new study recently published in Journal of Nutrition suggests that eating butter on bread can increase risk of myocardial infarction or heart attack - a leading death cause in the United States.

Published: Nov 26, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Daniel Constantin, the Romanian minister of agriculture, declared on Tuesday that all fruit imports from Turkey would undergo detailed controls as a result of recent grapefruit imports that had been found to contain pesticide residues above the legally pe

Published: Nov 26, 2012 By: Peter Holmes and Kate Schneider

Boarding of the mega liner Voyager of the Seas was thrown into chaos yesterday following an outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness thought to be norovirus.

Published: Nov 26, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) is warning consumers not to eat certain peanut butter and peanut-based products which have been imported from the US because of possible contamination with salmonella.

Published: Nov 26, 2012 By: Carina Perkins and Vladislav Vorotnikov

A number of countries have banned poultry products from Australia over bird flu fears despite claims from the country’s authorities that the latest outbreak has been “successfully controlled”.

Published: Nov 26, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The US meat industry has expressed concerns over new Listeria control guidelines released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Published: Nov 26, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Farm journalists would never undestand this but we butchers do, the last seconds of a beasts life is all that counts as long as it has been well watered and not stood on concrete for more than 6 hours.

Published: Nov 23, 2012 By: Barbara Lewis

The European parliament backed a blanket ban on shark finning, in which the fins are sliced off sharks, often while they are alive, and their carcasses dumped in the sea.