Published: Nov 23, 2012

The 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 23, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned consumers not to eat certain peanut butter-based products imported from the US due to the ongoing salmonella outbreak traced to manufacturer Sunland.

Published: Nov 23, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg+

Nut traces can be better detected in dark chocolate and biscuits by adding a clean-up step, say Italian researchers.

Published: Nov 23, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Two US Congressmen have called on the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make full use of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) laws to address issues that have prevented the export of US dairy products into Russia.

Published: Nov 23, 2012 By: Jin Zhu

Plasticizers found in liquor made by Hunan-based Jiugui Liquor Co far exceed national standards, China's top quality watchdog said on Wednesday.

Published: Nov 22, 2012

The Canadian government has passed the Safe Food for Canadians Act, S-11, which has been designed to modernize, consolidate and add consistency to the country’s food inspection system.

Published: Nov 22, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The Bangladesh government has been asked the high court to impose a ban on the import of food treated with formalin and other poisonous chemicals.

Published: Nov 22, 2012

The turkey is in the fridge (or on the counter in cold water), thawed and ready for preparation. You’ve selected the perfect size of bird for your guests, be it 18, 20 or maybe even 25. Hopefully, there will be enough for leftovers.

Published: Nov 22, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The Office of the Ombudsman urged the ministries of Health and Agriculture to conduct research on the environmental and physical effects that 17 chemicals used in banana plantations (including glyphosate) produce, according to resolution 010 of the entity

Published: Nov 22, 2012 By: Vladislav Vorotnikov

Russian authorities are to consider imposing an additional tax on“unhealthy” meat producers. The tax is aimed at tackling high-fat products, as well as the use of antibiotics in meat production.

Published: Nov 22, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has denied a petition from three dairy cooperatives for an emergency hearing on changes to the state’s Class 4b milk-pricing formula.

Published: Nov 21, 2012 By: JAMES ANDREWS

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is still working “expeditiously” to implement major portions of the Food Safety Modernization Act, legislation that has largely sat in budgetary limbo since President Obama signed it into law on Januar

Published: Nov 21, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg+

A political party in Northern Ireland is pressing for a domestic chewing gum tax to pay for clean-up costs on streets.

Published: Nov 21, 2012 By: Shane Starling

Revision of the laws governing specialist food products like sports foods, infant foods and gluten-free foods is set for a final vote in the European Parliament in December or January, 2013, with the leading industry group broadly welcoming the passage.

Published: Nov 20, 2012

The latest report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) inspection of Sunland, Inc., reveals inspectors found the presence of Salmonella in 28 environmental samples.

Published: Nov 20, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

A call for a UK ban on the use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics in poultry production has been made by the Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics (ASOA).

Published: Nov 20, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

Soft drinks manufacturer Cott Beverages was fined £20,000 last week for exposing a worker at its Derbyshire site to lethal ozone gas that effectively ended his career.

Published: Nov 19, 2012 By: HELENA BOTTEMILLER

The now defunct Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. sparked the largest-ever meat recall after egregious, undercover abuse footage was made public in 2008 and now the company has sparked the largest-ever judgement for an animal abuse case.

Published: Nov 19, 2012

At least 10 people have fallen ill with E. coli infections beginning in mid-October after visiting a petting zoo and pumpkin patch in Washington state, the Oregonian reports.

Published: Nov 19, 2012 By: Jimmy Downs

A study suggests that drinking some alcohol daily after diagnosis of breast cancer did not seem to increase risk of death from the disease, but may increase recurrence risk, particularly in postmenopausal women.