A global matcha shortage is flooding U.S. markets with low-quality, potentially hazardous bargain products. Supply chain strains and paused tariffs are raising alarms about food safety.
Japan, the heart
The disposal of Fukushima’s contaminated water poses profound and potentially catastrophic risks to the environment and therefore seafood, according to scientists.
In August, 2023, the Tokyo Electric Power Company
India introduced more than half of the new trade concerns debated at a recent World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting.
Attendees at the November meeting of the WTO Committee on Sanitary
A Japanese company has issued a recall of bread after the discovery of rat remains in two packs.
Pasco Shikishima Corporation said the recall was due to contamination with a
Ingomar Packing Co of Los Banos, CA, is recalling diced tomatoes because of foreign objects in the product, specifically plastic.
According to the details posted by the FDA, the recall
A record number of trade issues were raised at the latest World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on safe food.
Delegates at the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures
The Group of Seven (G7) has urged recent restrictions imposed on Japanese food products from around Fukushima to be removed.
Trade ministers made the comments at a meeting in Sakai,
Researchers have provided insight into a large outbreak in Japan linked to milk served in schools.
The E. coli outbreak in June 2021 involved more than 1,800 cases from
Three recently published studies have detailed foodborne botulism and Campylobacter outbreaks in Japan.
The first, published in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal, covered an outbreak of botulism in 2021 caused
The European Commission is to lift import restrictions for food from Japan following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station in 2011.
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or
Authorities in Hong Kong are investigating several suspected forged health certificates for oysters.
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) found discrepancies in
