Desinewed meat, produced with low-pressure separation equipment to remove flesh from meaty bones, is outlawed in the United Kingdom beginning tomorrow.
The UK’s Food Safety Agency is imposing what
Though researchers are familiar with pre-slaughter E. coli interventions such as probiotics, vaccines, certain chemicals and viruses that kill the bacteria, few manufacturers are seeking approval for these technologies. Government
For six consecutive years, cases of Salmonella infection fell in Europe, while campylobacteriosis remained the most reported foodborne illness, with the number of cases increasing over the five years ending
The international organic market just got a little bigger.
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced Wednesday that the organic certifying programs in the United States and Europe Union are now
As of Jan. 1, 2012, egg-laying hens across many European countries will live with fewer discomforts: The European Commission has officially implemented its ban on battery cages, the notoriously cramped
The European Commission — the governing body of the 27-state European Union — is warning the European juice industry that Brazilian juice imports could face fungicide testing in response to the recent
As part of our ongoing expert Q&A series, a conversation with Jorgen Schlundt, former head of Food Safety, Zoonoses, and Foodborne Diseases at the World Health Organization, now
Despite on all-night session March 28 spent wrangling over the contentious issue of food from cloned animals and their offspring in the European Union marketplace, it was a “no-go” for
In 2009, European Union countries experienced a 19 percent increase in Listeria infections, which caused 270 deaths. At the same time, the EU marked the fifth straight year of reductions
Heat Wave, Feisty Fanny, Full Flush, Heat Seeker, Beauty, Forever Lady, and Snowplow.
These are the names of some of the “rock stars” playing a part in a controversial drama
The European Union ban on the manufacture of baby bottles containing bisphenol A (BPA) begins this month.
In a news release, John Dalli, commissioner in charge of Health and Policy,
The European Union’s Standing Committee on the Food Chain last week failed to come to a consensus on a proposal to allow trace amounts of prohibited genetically modified organisms