People’s dangerous food safety behaviors related to reducing energy bills and saving money have stayed largely the same as the previous month, according to a survey.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) Consumer Insights Tracker found
Continue Reading Survey finds people still taking food safety risks to save money
Eat fish; it’s healthy.
Except when it isn’t.
That’s the quandary that many Pacific Northwest and Columbia River Basin tribal members face as they try to balance their strong historic and cultural ties to salmon
Continue Reading Tribes caught in food safety dilemma
Avian flu has burned through 60 million domestic birds in at least 47 states, egg prices have hit the stratosphere, and more troubling, the virus is mutating to infect mammals including three Montana grizzly bears.
Continue Reading APHIS is preparing Environmental Impact Statement on worsening avian flu outbreaks
Factors such as the seller and the product type influence consumer trust in the hygiene and safety of food sold online, according to research.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) commissioned research to understand consumer attitudes
Continue Reading FSA looks at consumer attitudes to buying food online
In the current issue of its “On Health” newsletter, Consumer Reports calls on its member to sign a petition about one of its older causes.
The formal petition was submitted to FDA by the Center
Continue Reading Consumer Reports promotes petition to FDA to ban Red Dye No. 3, the artificial color, in food
Storms in California have led to massive flooding and left hundreds of thousands without power. Severe weather has also left other areas of the country recovering from floods and tornadoes. Various public health departments are
Continue Reading Keeping food and water safe during flooding and power outages
The B2B WATT Poultry is out with its 2023 special issue of the egg industry. It is a source of hard-to-find market data about the egg industry, just as high egg prices and shortages capture
Continue Reading Growth of cage-free eggs may be paused while producers deal with shortages and high prices
It’s cruise season and that means it’s norovirus season for vacationers who opt for trips on the high seas.
The most recently reported outbreak of the highly contagious virus, which often starts as a foodborne
Continue Reading Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships not uncommon
Many students are not following recommended food safety and hygiene behaviors and are increasing their risk of food poisoning, according to a survey.
More than half are washing raw chicken at least occasionally and a
Continue Reading Students putting themselves at risk of food poisoning finds survey
Over the past weekend, a heartland newspaper shared with its readers the stunning conclusion of its local health department.
What was disclosed was that contaminated spices were determined to be the second largest cause of
Continue Reading Heartland study finds spices second only to paint for the lead poisoning of children