The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday there is no current need to take potassium iodide pills because of the recent leak of nuclear material in Japan.
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Green salad with broccoli was what made more than 1,500 school students, teachers and staff members sick earlier this month in Iwaizawa, on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido.
An outbreak of what health authorities believe is Salmonella has sickened at least 1,048 students, teachers, and staff members at nine schools in Iwamizawa, a city of about 90,
Recent outbreaks linked to fresh sprouts remind us that toxic microbes can sometimes travel in small and seemingly healthful packages.
The Japanese need no reminder. They learned the hard way,
Hong Kong has halted imports of poultry from Japan because of an outbreak of bird flu.
The Center for Food Safety in Hong Kong announced this past weekend that it
Somewhere between when the Obama Asian Tour reaches Seoul, South Korea on Wednesday and when it moves over to Yokohama, Japan on Friday, the American president must get barriers to
Japan, which used to be the largest export market for U.S. beef before the 2003 mad cow scare halted imports, is reportedly reviewing the safety of American beef in
Officials from Japan and the United States met in San Francisco last week for two days of much-anticipated discussion about American beef safety, but the talks ended without any change
The British Food Standards Agency released an article today warning consumers not to eat a particular type of seaweed. Hijiki seaweed has been found to contain remarkably high levels of
There is good news for the American beef export industry. Japan announced Friday that the country has decided to resume talks this September about potentially re-opening the Japanese market for
Japan and China released a memorandum on Monday aimed at restoring confidence in food safety, allowing mutual on-site inspections of facilities processing food for export. The relationship between the two
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced yesterday that Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will travel to Japan to promote U.S. exports next month.
Secretary Vilsack will meet