A restaurant in New South Wales, Australia had to pay a penalty when 170 people fell ill with Salmonella after eating there earlier this year.
Investigators with the New South
Certain food safety violations would be felonies, rather than misdemeanor offenses, under a bill approved yesterday by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
The legislation, S. 3767 or the Food
A federal Food and Drug Administration panel has wrapped up its hearings on genetically modified salmon with no immediate recommendation on whether to approve the so-called “supersalmon” for distribution
In her first speech as Under Secretary for Food Safety at U.S. Department of Agriculture, the government’s highest ranking position in food safety, Elisabeth Hagen yesterday told an
Organic milk consumers, who sued some of the nation’s biggest retailers in 19 separate class action lawsuits, are going to get their day in court.
After those actions were
Over 70 tons of ethnic foods stored in a pest-infected warehouse near the intersection of Interstates 405 and 10 in southern California had to be destroyed earlier this year.
Abbott, the company that makes Similac-brand baby formula, is voluntarily recalling certain powder formulas after small beetles were found in one of its manufacturing plants.
The company said there
Michael Sansolo was the chief honcho at the Food Marketing Institute for a long time before he left and joined forces with Kevin Coupe and MorningNewsBeat. He writes a column
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) sparred over the food safety bill on the Senate floor, providing no progress and more political hurdles for
A new study suggests exposure to bisphenol-A (BPA) is actually much greater than previously thought, and its authors urge the federal government to act quickly to regulate the chemical
In a blockbuster-worthy hearing, complete with partisan bickering, a photo slideshow, and a witness pleading the Fifth, Congress yesterday grilled the executives responsible for two Iowa egg farms linked
Slaughterhouses and “cutting plants” in the United Kingdom will not be able to operate while appeals are pending over decisions to deny or withdraw approvals to operate.
The UK’s