Published: Aug 23, 2012 By: Shane Starling

The German food safety agency has warned people with increased blood pressure and those suffering from cardiovascular disease off disputed stimulant DMAA, and called for a probe into its legal status.

Published: Aug 23, 2012

A by-product of beer can help reduce methane emissions in cattle, scientists in Australia have found.

Published: Aug 23, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

Experts have warned that that African swine fever is now posing a “high risk” to the countries neighbouring Ukraine, which recently discovered its first-ever outbreak of the disease.

Published: Aug 23, 2012 By: Ankush Chibber

Chinese consumers are turning to imported food products as the local food manufacturing industry struggles with safety and quality issues, a report has found.

Published: Aug 23, 2012

Food recalls in the United States increased during the second quarter of 2012, according to Stericycle ExpertRECALL, which aggregates and tracks cumulative recall data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Food and Drug Administration.

Published: Aug 23, 2012

U.S. Marshals have seized food products stored in a Fremont, Calif., company’s warehouse after inspectors from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found widespread and active rodent infestation.

Published: Aug 22, 2012 By: Mark Astley

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has given preliminary approval to a novel ‘anti-hunger’ ingredient designed to be added to a number of dairy products including yogurt.

Published: Aug 22, 2012 By: Caroline Scott-Thomas

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a report on its activities during 2011, giving a snapshot of the scale of its responsibilities and inspection efforts since the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law in January last ye

Published: Aug 22, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Neogen Corporation has claimed it has developed the quickest enrichment and assay run-time test to detect Listeria.

Published: Aug 22, 2012 By: Kacey Culliney

Consumers understand the health benefits of consuming fibre but knowledge on recommended daily consumption levels is low and industry must work to educate in this area, Sensus says.

Published: Aug 21, 2012 By: Shane Starling

The UK medicine regulator has warned that the anti-cold and flu herb, Echinacea, is not suitable for children under the age of 12 due to potentially “severe” allergic reactions.

Published: Aug 21, 2012

Chocolate, berries, and tea could be naturally modifying your mood, according to new research that reveals certain compounds found in foods bear ‘striking’ similarity to chemicals used in mood stabilising drugs.

Published: Aug 21, 2012 By: Mark Astley

US authorities have linked cantaloupes from an Indiana farm to a multi-state Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak, which to-date has sickened 141 people across 20 states and killed two.

Published: Aug 21, 2012

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has invited submissions on an application to change the Food Standards Code to allow food derived from a genetically- modified canola.

Published: Aug 20, 2012

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced the results of a new study which revealed that more than 900 food samples tested for the toxins, Ochratoxin A (OTA) and Deoxynivalenol (DON), were safe for human consumption.

Published: Aug 20, 2012

Laws strictly curbing school sales of junk food and sweetened drinks may play a role in slowing childhood obesity, according to a study that seems to offer the first evidence such efforts could pay off.

Published: Aug 20, 2012

After two decades fighting to force U.S. food companies to tell consumers when their products are made with genetically modified organisms, activists in California have mounted what is potentially their most promising offensive to date.

Published: Aug 20, 2012

Following Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's announcement of a blanket ban on gutkha in the state with effect from September 11, 2012, the state food and drug department issued a clarification that no ban would be imposed on the sale and storage of pa

Published: Aug 18, 2012 By: Shane Starling

“Disappointed” Merck Consumer Healthcare says it will submit a summary of glucosamine science to a scientific journal, after its joint health claim appeal was rebuffed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

Published: Aug 18, 2012

The UK Health Food Manufacturers’ Association (HFMA) has issued guidance to help companies deal with the impending December 14, 2012, deadline when the article 13.1 list of about 1500 health claim rejections and 222 approvals will become enforceable acros