Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Jeff Caldwell

The government of Serbia confirmed last weekend that aflatoxin has been discovered in the nation's corn supply.

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Foodmate team

A drink, created in partnership with the family of reggae legend Bob Marley, is the latest beverage enduring bad publicity after several kids in New Jersey fell ill.

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday rejected proposals by a health panel that would have increased taxes and regulations on alcohol, according to a published report.

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Meat traders said Tuesday the implementation of a new meat import policy that imposes double standards on frozen and fresh meats affected their profit margins in 2012.

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Foodmate team

A report to be released Tuesday by the Biodiversity Research Institute in Gorham, Maine, evaluates the amount of mercury in fish species around the world and suggests that levels of the toxin previously deemed safe are probably not.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: DAN FLYNN

The Philippines may soon join the United States and Canada by updating its food safety law.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced two final rules increasing the maximum allowable dosage of irradiation in meat and poultry products became effective Nov. 30, 2012.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Sesame seed paste containing a rare strain of Salmonella sickened 23 people in 7 states and the District of Columbia in 2011, reveals a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

An Indiana agency that studied whether the state should loosen its long-running ban on the sale of raw milk has concluded that doing so would lead to human illnesses.

Published: Dec 03, 2012

Meat and poultry producers who use ionized radiation to kill pathogens in product now have expanded options, thanks to two rules published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Friday.

Published: Dec 03, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

It's estimated 244,000 Jewish homes live in poverty in New York City. Some federal lawmakers from New York want to help those struggling Jewish families who are susceptible to hunger have access to food.

Published: Dec 03, 2012

The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is urging anyone who is studying the results of a recent Brown University study on the links between pollutants like mercury poisoning from eating seafood and health problems to not take the study at face value.

Published: Dec 03, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the registration of Sunland, a peanut butter producer linked to a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Bredeney that has sickened 41 people in 20 states.

Published: Nov 30, 2012 By: Jeff Gelski

Effective modern drug therapies for heart disease may be one reason for conflicting findings on the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids, according to an analysis appearing in the December issue of the Journal of Lipid Research.

Published: Nov 30, 2012

Final review of the Séralini et al. (2012a) publication on a 2-year rodent feeding study with glyphosate formulations and GM maize NK603 as published online on 19 September 2012 in Food and Chemical Toxicology

Published: Nov 30, 2012

Scientists using an ultrasound-chlorine washing combo, made a clean sweep of the deadly E.coli pathogen from spinach leaves.

Published: Nov 30, 2012

Doctors have issued a warning about mixing grapefruit consumption with certain types of medication.

Published: Nov 29, 2012 By: Mike Stones

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has officially rejected controversial research linking Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup and genetically modified (GM) maize with cancer and premature death.

Published: Nov 28, 2012 By: Abhitash Singh

Salmonella outbreaks have been dominating US headlines for sometime now but the latest strike by Salmonella Bredeney seems to be the deadliest.

Published: Nov 28, 2012

Capital City Fruit, Inc. of Norwalk, Iowa is voluntarily recalling cherry tomatoes shipped by Rio Queen Citrus Inc. on November 10, 2012.