Food Science News

China's President Xi Jinping said the country won't sacrifice the environment to ensure temporary economic growth, amid rising public discontent that industrial expansion is creating pollution and threatening food safety.

With piles of fresh strawberries beckoning consumers at markets and stores this season, an alliance of a major retailer, fruit growers and farmworkers has begun a program to promote healthy produce and improve working conditions.

Many Guangzhou residents have been worried and angry for more than a week after being told that nearly half the rice they buy from local markets may contain excessive levels of cadmium, a carcinogenic heavy metal.

Foodborne sickness salmonella enterica's growing resistance to drug treatment has been highlighted in a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Many foods taste better when cooked on the barbecue. Taste can be compromised if we neglect food safety.

Tops Friendly Markets, a leading full-service grocery retailer in upstate New York, northern Pennsylvania and western Vermont, wants its neighbors to grill safely as Memorial Day rings in the unofficial start of the summer cook-out season.

Picnics are never appreciated more than after the long winter. Forget the sit down dinner and get outside for sunshine and fresh air.

Ready, set, fire up those grills to kick start the grilling season! The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC wants to make sure your next barbecue is a safe and healthy one by keeping food safety top of mind when grilling.

Movement expected about the same. Trading seeded slow, others moderate. Prices seedless 35-60 counts lower, others generally unchanged.

Produce accounts for 46% of the estimated 48 million foodborne illnesses reported annually by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Movement expected about the same. Trading seeded slow, others moderate. Prices seedless 35-60 counts lower, others generally unchanged.

Food manufacturers have fresh weaponry to aid their fight against factory contamination in the form of electric switches and dust and splash covers with anti-bacterial, anti-mould and anti-fungal coatings.

PHILIPPINE exporters who wish to market their food and beverage products in the United States must be completely aware and compliant of the requirements to avoid project rejects.

Companies that subscribe to these programs will learn how to establish or enhance an effective traceability program; identify, capture, and share product data along the supply chain with GS1 Standards; improve business efficiencies; and gain visibility into their supply chains.

Barbecue season is about to kick off this weekend with Memorial Day. Enjoying the outdoors with friends and family and a little grilling is fun for everyone, as well as being a highly anticipated time of year.

European member states have voted for new legislation to modernise the inspection system in pig slaughterhouses.

There is no question that multistate foodborne illness outbreaks associated with the microbiological contamination of food products captured the majority of food safety-related headlines in 2006 and 2007.

Biotech firm Galactic is working on food safety tools that will enable food and drink manufacturers to better predict and control product shelf life based on pathogen growth models.

The Institute of Food Technologists is proud to announce its 2013 Fellows. This is a unique professional distinction given to individuals with outstanding and extraordinary qualifications and experience for their contributions to food science and technology.

Keeping food safe is a battle - a fight against nature - as pathogens, toxins and allergens are naturally occurring.