The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS , a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA , has agreed to reverse existing regulations tha

Hong Kong has announced stringent surveillance on poultry and meat imports from China, in response to three confirmed human cases of influenza A (H7N9

Umami is a taste most people enjoy and it is elicited mainly by a salt called monosodium glutamate or MSG which is commonly used in restaurants as a s

The Thai ministry of public health is targeting to reduce cases of food poisoning and diarrhoea at schools and childcare centres by at least 30 per ce

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO recently said responding to the occurrence of the A(H7N9 influenza virus in China requires strong biosecu

Sampling of the first and second phases of the Food Standards Agency's UK-wide survey of beef products has been completed and the initial test results

Testing reagents for the H7N9 avian influenza virus have been distributed among 409 flu monitoring sites across the country, China's center for diseas

The FSA has confirmed results for four of the remaining five samples relating to the Agency’s UK-wide sampling programme of beef products.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has launched a consultation in relation to a new food labelling requirement to inform consumers about food allerg

AFFI and a coalition of 12 food groups support bipartisan legislation to reform the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS , which requires the use of billions