A study from North Carolina State University has revealed that, even in kitchens that believe they are operating well, food safety violations are commonplace. The study, published in the Journal of Food...

McDonalds has recalled 12 million promotional drinking glasses across the United States after the US Consumer Product Safety Commission warned consumers that the glasses contained cadmium, a toxic heavy...

The massive oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico has raised concerns over US seafood supplies after fishing was halted from the Mississippi River to the Florida Panhandle for at least 10 days. The spill was...

A new study by the US Agricultural Research Service and the University of Georgia has attempted to track sources of Listeria contamination in a commercial chicken cooking plant. The study followed a brand-new...

Darrell Lea and Ricci Redmond Chocolate are conducting a voluntary recall of yoghurt-coated liquorice products as a result of lead levels above the accepted Australian standard. The products affected are:...

Soft drink giant Coca-Cola and local police in Beijing are investigating the second case of mercury poisoning allegedly from the consumption of Coca-Cola brand Sprite, after a 13 year old boy was hospitalised...

Fresh questions have been raised about China’s food safety policy after it emerged that officials waited almost a year before going public with its latest probe into alleged melamine contamination...

The world’s biggest dairy exporter Fonterra, which owned 43 per cent of Sanlu Group – the company at the centre of China’s melamine scandal, has advised of their shock at the alarming...

As a Chinese court prepares to sentence those responsible for the melamine milk contamination that rocked China, 213 families have gone to the highest court in search of compensation. The families believe...

The Irish Government announced on 6 December 2008 that dioxins had been detected in pork and that it had recalled all pork and pork products as a precautionary measure due to the difficulty in establishing...