Campylobacter is a pathogenic bacteria and one of the most common causes of food poisoning in Australia. Symptoms include diarrhoea, abdominal pain, and fever that lasts up to two weeks. It is most commonly...

The Bombay High Court has struck down a ban placed by India’s food safety regulator on Nestle’s Maggi brand noodles. On 13 August 2015, the Court removed the ban on 9 variants of the well-known instant...

US-based international manufacturing giant Mocon has partnered with Australian company Inspection Systems to establish a certified lab for permeation, seal strength and leak detection testing for food...

Commercial farming chemical Dicyandiamide (DCD) has been voluntarily suspended in New Zealand after traces were found in New Zealand-based dairy products. DCD is used in the farming process to prevent...

Chicken meat and other foods will be able to be screened for bacteria even faster and more effectively than ever, thanks to breakthrough nanobiotechnology research from The University of Queensland. The...

The United States Department of Agriculture has announced that periodic testing of organic food will be implemented from the start of 2013. Current USDA regulations require organic-food producers to undergo...

UCLA researchers have recently conducted a study on the correlation between Omega-3 fatty acid levels in the diet and brain capacity. The research, published in the February 28, 2012 issue of Neurology,...

Researchers at Iowa State Technology, in collaboration with local company Advanced Analytical Technologies, are developing a new DNA testing technique which could cut testing for food-borne pathogen Salmonella...