Concerned Georgia farmers gathered in Atlanta, Macon and Tifton on Wednesday, March 20 to hear a summary of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ne

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA has issued draft guidance adding two species of lionfish to its list of reef fish that are at risk of cont

In the past few years, city-dwelling Russians have developed a strong interest in healthier and organic food, according to Emily Balsamo from the Mosc

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