Food Science News

When people purchase food at a supermarket, roadside stand or restaurant, there's trust that the food is safe to eat.

No one is inspecting food preparations at Florida's hospitals and nursing homes, nearly one month after the inspections were stopped in a budget-cutting move, officials said Friday.

More than a year after tainted taco meat sickened guests at a North Dakota wedding reception, the newlyweds are still touchy about the topic, says one party-goer who was sidelined for a week with food poisoning.

A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines.

A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines.

A mid-July conference was the first of two public meetings bringing together the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to discuss the Obama administration's proposed changes to food safety regulation.

In this file photo, University of Florida food safety and quality associate professor Amy Simonne poses with a variety of ethnic foods in her laboratory on UF's main campus in Gainesville.

When it comes to consumer food and product safety, a little bit of information can go a long way toward keeping your family healthy.

Rockies fan John Miller, left, of Englewood enjoyed a slice of pepperoni pizza before the game Wednesday night.

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OTTAWA a ' Two brands of deli meat sold across Canada have been recalled due to possible listeria contamination, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reports.

New York City's 24,000 restaurants started showing their grades on Wednesday - A, B, or C - under a new system of ranking sanitary conditions by the city's health department.

VeriPrime, a member-owned federation of cooperatives, Wednesday said it hired Burson-Marsteller, a part of Young & Rubicam Brands, a subsidiary of WPP Group plc , to promote its efforts to eradicate E. coli from the nation's food supply.

More than 100 reports of potentially hazardous food products were filed with the U.S. government's food safety Web site in its first seven months of operation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.

Hot summer days, a picnic, an outdoor gathering of family and friends, a ballgame all can be prime times for food safety mistakes that put families and friends at risk of food borne illness.

Until three years ago, Kenneth Maxwell enjoyed Banquet chicken and turkey pot pies so much he ate them three or four times a week.

It seems these days everyone is trying to reduce waste, and reusable grocery bags are more popular than ever.

Federal regulators ordered Murray's Chicken to cease processing at its South Fallsburg poultry plant Tuesday, throwing hundreds of workers into limbo as the company disputed government concerns about food safety.

Many people here in the township and in Flemington have noticed the foul smell lingering in the hot summer air in recent days.

By Abigail Brown In the summer months when the temperatures are at their peak and you're spending time enjoying your time and your family, food safety should take a priority in preparing food and serving it for the people you care about.