Published: Sep 07, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

Football governing body FIFA’s chief medical officer claims that nutritional supplements will not boost the performance of athletes “based upon the scientific evidence”.

Published: Sep 07, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is reminding pig producers to take “appropriate” measures to protect their animals from the H3N2 variant virus, which has swept through the US in recent weeks.

Published: Sep 07, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

US researchers have built an ethylene detecting sensor that communicates with an RFID tag to reduce food waste in the supply chain.

Published: Sep 07, 2012 By: Rod Addy

More detailed research on toxoplasma in food is needed, according to a risk profile report delivered by the UK’s Advisory Committee on The Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF).

Published: Sep 07, 2012 By: Rod Addy

Research has revealed the areas in smoked fish processing plants most vulnerable to contamination by the hostile microbe Listeria monocytogenes.

Published: Sep 07, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Due to an oversight, four breaches of BSE controls in British beef identified last year were not publicised immediately on the Agency’s website in the normal manner.

Published: Sep 07, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

DuPont India on Wednesday announced that it is expanding its Nutrition & Health business and will offer food ingredient solutions and technologies that enhance food nutrition, quality and safety.

Published: Sep 07, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Recently, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) prepared a document that would be useful to householders while detecting common adulterants in food.

Published: Sep 07, 2012 By: FBR

Further studies are needed to identify the foodborne routes of Toxoplasmosis infection and identify the risks, according to a new report by the UK’s Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF).

Published: Sep 06, 2012

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to not lower the coarse particulate matter National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS).

Published: Sep 06, 2012

Organic food isn't any better for people than conventional varieties when it comes to vitamin and nutrient content, according to a new review of the evidence. It's just costlier to produce, as a typical farmer can testify.

Published: Sep 06, 2012

As moms and dads pack lunches for their kids before a busy day of class and extra-curricular activities, FSIS encourages families to update their food safety routine and take precautions that will help prevent food poisoning in America's young students.

Published: Sep 06, 2012

This year, IPN - infectious pancreatic necrosis - virus has been identified in five different fish farms in Finnish inland waters.

Published: Sep 06, 2012

MSD Animal Health (known as Merck Animal Health in the United States and Canada) has obtained approval from the authorities in Singapore to begin marketing AQUAVAC® IridoV, a new inactivated vaccine for reducing mortality due to iridovirus disease (genus

Published: Sep 06, 2012

The new Offshore Fisheries Decree expected to be gazetted later this year is slated to address gaps in the current Fisheries Act and Marine Spaces Act.

Published: Sep 06, 2012

Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) CEO Ari Mervis admits the SAB Miller subsidiary was wrong to change the recipe for Victoria Bitter (VB), but is changing the Aussie beer back to its original recipe.

Published: Sep 06, 2012 By: Hank Schultz

Norway-based krill supplier Aker BioMarine announced Tuesday that Australian authorities have upheld the lion’s share of its Australian krill oil patent over a re-examination challenge lodged by competitor Neptune Technologies and Bioressources.

Published: Sep 06, 2012 By: Vladislav Vorotnikov

Recent outbreaks of anthrax in regions of Russia and Kyrgyzstan have raised fears over the safety of beef.

Published: Sep 05, 2012 By: Rod Addy

A chemical found commonly in food packaging has been linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD), according to a report published online by the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Published: Sep 05, 2012 By: Rick Pendrous

Firms that flout the law by failing to ensure their workplaces are safe for workers will be subject to additional costs from next month.