Chinese authorities have destroyed nearly two tonnes of chocolate cake imported into the country by furniture giant Ikea on the grounds that the cake violated food quality standards. The Shanghai quarantine...

Global bioscience ingredient manufacturer, Chr. Hansen has introduced a new ingredient innovation that is says will enable cheese producers to cut the sodium content of their products by half, while still...

Parent company for KFC, Yum Brands, still plans to open at least 700 new stores in China this year, despite a big drop in sales last month after a food safety scare. Sales at Yum’s KFC stores in China...

Nestle Australia-owned Jenny Craig has assured its Australian consumers that there is no need to worry about horse meat in their ready-made weight loss meals. Jenny Craig Managing Director Amy Smith told...

An Australian food technologist has been convicted in Israel over the deaths of babies who consumed vitamin-deficient vegetarian infant formula maufactured by German-based Company Humana. Frederick Black,...

Australian research, published online this month and to be published soon in the American Journal of Public Health,  has shown that the “consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) should be considered...

Dairy company Binnorie has urged consumers of Duetto, in New South Wales, to return the product to its place of purchase, due to microbial (Listeria monocytogenes) contamination. Duetto is marketed as...

An innovative research centre to better manage fresh produce safety issues in Australia and New Zealand has just been launched. Run by the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Agriculture and Environment...

In the past few years, one of the most popular claims for many new products manufactured in the US has been that they are Kosher certified.   As Australia develops as a reliable and safe food supplier...

 Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), the agency responsible for setting food safety standards, has this week approved a number of important variations to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards...