A 7-member Ministerial Advisory Board (MAB) of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has been named by Gerry Ritz, Canada’s Agricultural Minister.
Ritz said the appointments are “another
The British take a more measured approach to possible food safety risks than their neighbors on the European continent, a new European Union food survey found.
The food survey, carried
It may be only a rarity that a widely contaminated food product distributed to a major grocery chain all over an entire region of the country does not cause many
For many consumers, color can be the deciding factor when purchasing meat or poultry at the grocery store. Slightly brown or faded meat may appear to have been sitting on
A woman who recently returned to Florida from Haiti has a laboratory-confirmed case of cholera, Florida Department of Health (FDOH) officials announced Thursday.
“We are working with our health
After a long day of debating–and waiting–Thursday, the Senate was at impasse over the details and politics surrounding the food safety bill.
Though Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Efforts to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in the United States have not been effective, a report released Wednesday concluded.
In its 2010 Report Card, the National Fruit and Vegetable
Del Bueno of Grandview, Washington has recalled all of its 1- or 3-pound packages of Queso Fresco Fresh Cheese, Queso Panela Fresh Cheese, Requeson Mexican Style Ricotta Cheese and
Almost a year after the Food and Drug Administration originally sought a federal court order to put a New Jersey manufacturer of Mexican cheese and two of its officers out
Canadians are being warned not to eat ham and cheese sandwiches prepared by Atlantic Prepared Food Limited and distributed on Prince Edward Island and in Nova Scotia and possibly other
The Food and Drug Administration Wednesday warned four companies that the caffeine blended into their malt-alcohol beverages is an “unsafe food additive” and threatened to take action, including seizure
To underscore two hot-button issues — animal cruelty and food safety — and to offer some evidence on why caged laying hens are more likely to be susceptible to Salmonella, the