Organised by NutraIngredients-Asia ​and sister title FoodNavigator-Asia, ​the Healthy Ageing APAC Editorial Webinar will take place on May 14 (Tuesday) at 3pm Singapore time.Registration is free – register now to attend​.Today, it is not just Japan and China that are facing challenges brought by a greying population.Elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific, South East Asia countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, and Singapore

By Maribel Alonso, Public Affairs Specialist • ARS, Office of Communications Dr. Dayna M. Harhay is a Research Microbiologist at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) in Clay Center, NE. For two decades with ARS, Harhay’s knowledge and expertise in microbiology, molecular biology, bacterial metabolism, serotyping, and genomic sequencing has been instrumental in the

The Food and Drug Administration, in partnership with STOP Foodborne Illness, a non-profit public health organization, is set to host the 11th and final installment of its webinar series on food safety culture. The webinar will be streamed live May 9 from 5:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. EDT from the Food Safety Summit taking place

Researchers in Singapore found that a plant-based meat analogues diet did not show significant cardiometabolic health benefits for Asians compared to an omnivorous diet, prompting a need to relook at the composition and nutrition profile of plant-based alternatives.“In conclusion, despite the emergence of plant-based meat analogues as a source of alternative protein foods within the

The Food and Drug Administration continues using import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below.  Click here to go to the FDA page with links to details

A study has found an association between violations of food safety legislation and a company’s weak financial situation. The work investigated the link between the financial situation of Finnish businesses and the inspection grades their food production establishments received.  According to the study published in the journal Food Control, financial indicators could help recognize firms

According to the CDC and FDA, the true number of sick people in the walnut E. coli O157:H7 outbreak is likely much higher than the number reported, and the outbreak may not be limited to the states with known illnesses. According to a FoodNet study, for E. coli O157:H7, a pathogen that typically causes bloody

Cargill Meat Solutions of Hazleton, PA, is recalling approximately 16,243 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA FSIS). The establishment reported the issue to FSIS after they identified that previously segregated product had been inadvertently

A new E. coli O157:H7 outbreak is under investigation and has been traced to organic walnuts. More than half of the infected people have been admitted to hospitals. The Food and Drug Administration announced the outbreak this afternoon along with a recall of organic walnut halves and pieces from Gibson Farms Inc. of Hollister, CA.

See additional photo of recalled products in story below. Hormel Foods Sales LLC is voluntarily recalling two varieties of PLANTERS products that were produced at one of its facilities in April.  These products are being recalled because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The company did not report how the contamination was