Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture updated the nation’s stance on beef imports with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the fatal affliction in cattle commonly
After tons of its whey protein concentrate used in baby formula was found to be contaminated with potentially deadly botulism, the chairman of a New Zealand dairy cooperative immediately flew
New Zealand’s primary milk exporter advised customers Saturday that some of its whey protein may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacteria that produces dangerous toxins. Fonterra, the biggest
Bay Cuisine, a New Zealand food company, will face charges in the Napier District Court for a Listeria outbreak last year that killed one woman and contributed to the death
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday signed a “systems recognition” agreement with New Zealand – the agency’s first formal acknowledgement that a foreign country has a food
After seeing a spike in Campylobacter illnesses, New Zealand has largely been able to sustain lower rates of these infections. But this feat has not been easy for the southern
For everyone who went through the controversies surrounding passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act in the United States, what is happening now in New Zealand is going to sound
The governments of Australia and New Zealand, major beef exporters, expressed written concern last week to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service over their new non-O157 E. coli policy,
A free trade agreement for Pacific countries might erode New Zealand standards for food safety and security, say activists who oppose genetically engineered crops.
They raised their concerns before the
Like many foodborne illnesses, toxic honey poisoning can be a killer.
Symptoms include vomiting, delirium, giddiness, increased excitability, stupor, coma, and violent convulsions. And it can be a quick tipping
A new Food Bill introduced in New Zealand to update the Food Act 1981, which has not been updated for 30 years, passed its first reading with unanimous support and
According to the germ-busting microbiologist, Charles Gerba of the University of Arizona, you’re safer to eat your lunch off a toilet seat than the average office desk. He advises