Photo illustration Rats populate much of New York City, as was illustrated by a federal food safety case settled this past Friday. It all started in April 2022 when federal investigators checked out a meat and poultry warehouse on NYC’s Allen Street, only to discover what might’ve been the city’s best-fed rat population. The rats

FSSAI CEO Kamala Vardhana Rao and MoD Director General (Supplies and Transport) Lt. Gen. Preet Mohindera Singh formalised an agreement between the two ministries to increase the use of millets in military canteens as well as in other public forums.“This Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aims to create more awareness about the nutritional benefits of millet-based

In the first part​ of our exclusive interview with Tetra Pak Global VP of Communications Julia Luscher, she spotlighted the importance of infusing localised elements such as culture and geographical proximity into product packaging in order to drive consumer purchases.However, she also highlighted that packaging alone will not be enough to attract consumers or influence their

To mitigate the risk associated with E. coli O157:H7 in romaine lettuce from the United States, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced the implementation of temporary Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) license conditions. The measures will be in effect from Sept. 28 to Dec. 20. According to the CFIA, this action was taken

Members of the logistics and port health sectors have discussed food import controls at the first in a series of stakeholder forums. More than 20 importers and agents joined one of Britain’s biggest port health authorities in May for insight into controls being performed on goods entering the United Kingdom.  Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority (SCPHA)

365 Whole Foods Market brand frozen organic blackberries are being recalled from the marketplace because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. This recall was triggered by a recall in the United States. Whole Foods recalled various 365 Whole Foods Market brand frozen fruits in the U.S. on June 22. That recall can be viewed here.  According

The number of patients in a nationwide outbreak of infections from the foodborne Cyclospora parasite continue to increase, having reached 210 laboratory-confirmed cases. Federal, state and local public health officials are investigating the outbreak, which is spread across 22 states and New York City, according to a June 22 update from the Centers for Disease

The parasite can grow because hornwart, the natural habitat of the aquatic snail that it most commonly uses as a host, is caused to grow significantly through the use of fertilizers, as runoff from their use in agricultural activities causes its exacerbated growth.The study, taking place across 16 communities over three years, found that the

To limit global warming to 1.5°C, as per the Paris Agreement, greenhouse gas emissions must halve by 2030 and drop to net zero by 2050. For the food industry, which is linked to around one-quarter of total greenhouse gas emissions, the pressure is on.How can environmental impacts be reduced across food supply chains and throughout

Supermarkets in the United Kingdom have reported their Campylobacter in chicken results for late 2022. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) maximum target level is up to 7 percent of birds with more than 1,000 colony-forming units per gram (CFU/g) of Campylobacter. Data from the retailers covers October to December 2022 on high findings of Campylobacter