The impact of fungal diseases on canola crops could be drastically reduced according to scientists from The University of Queensland, who are trying to crack the genetic code of a close canola relative. In...

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has invited submissions on an application for a processing aid to reduce the risk of the food poisoning bacteria Listeria. The move follows a fresh outbreak...

Representing some of Australia’s leading health groups, the Alcohol Policy Coalition (APC) released a paper today challenging a commonly-held belief that red wine is beneficial for preventing cardiovascular...

A farm in Colorado, U.S., is recalling cantaloupe melons it sold this summer out of concern they may be contaminated with Listeria, a deadly bacteria. At least 15 persons infected with the outbreak strain...

A leading Australian researcher at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology has designed new compounds that mimic the activity of antioxidants found in wine and chocolate, which have...

A new variety of field pea with improved disease resistance and higher yields will be unveiled when the University of Sydney’s Plant Breeding Institute hosts the Sustainable Futures Forum and Field...

A Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in Miyazaki Prefecture on the southern Island of Kyushu in Japan has caused Japan to suspend exports of its famous wagyu beef.  The outbreak has spread to over 100 farms,...

Australian apple and pear growers are extremely concerned with the provisional final Import Risk Analysis (IRA) for apples from China.   APAL spokesperson on biosecurity issues and chairman of the Fire...

A new project led by The University of Sydney seeks to improve existing methods of detecting a fish disease which is damaging the barramundi industry in Australia.Thanks to a major breakthrough in DNA-detection...