Safety Food

Heath Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., again promised on Monday that The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030, will be released to the public in December. If available by Christmas, many a holiday dinner table will likely feature a debate about […]

An assessment has revealed what is going well and which bits need work regarding the food safety systems of five potential European Union countries.  The reports cover progress in the past 12 months and the level of preparation in Ukraine,

A Washington resident has become infected with a new strain of bird flu, showing that the virus can mutate. Health officials are concerned that the mutations could result in a variety of the flu that is communicable in people. The

A group representing the fish sector in Europe has welcomed regulation on tuna frozen in brine. Europêche said the legislation recognizes the high sanitary and technological standards already applied by the European tropical tuna purse seine fleet. The rules, which

 The California Department of Public Health (CDPH), in an effort to assist Californians seeking help and support in response to the nationwide outbreak of infant botulism has opened a public hotline for concerned parents and caregivers with questions about infant

A new way to inhibit bacteria that causes foodborne illnesses has been discovered by researchers at The Ohio State University. The researchers found that antimicrobial peptides derived from probiotic bacteria can inhibit the most common bacteria found in chicken. The

The latest data on food irradiation in Europe shows use of the technique is continuing to go down. Every year, member states forward results to the European Commission of checks carried out in ionizing irradiation facilities, including the categories and quantities

The 7-Hydroxy Outreach for Public Education, known as the 7-HOPE Alliance, has sued the state of Florida in an effort to overturn the state’s emergency ban on 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH).  Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced in July that an emergency

A record number of issues were discussed at the latest World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on food safety. Attendees at the November meeting of the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures addressed 71 trade concerns related to food

Baekdu Peak brand enoki mushrooms are under recall in Canada because government tests showed contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.. The affected mushrooms were sold in the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Consumrs can