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Earlier this month, Mars, Inc. and the University of California, Davis teamed up to launch the Innovation Institute for Food and Health as part of UC Davis’s World Food Center.  

Marie Bugarel, a research assistant professor at Texas Tech University’s Department of Animal and Food Sciences in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, has discovered a new serotype of the Salmonella bacteria.

Earlier this week, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) publicly urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement a new food safety plan to address instances of unsanitary food warehouses throughout the U.S.

Last month, the Chinese National People’s Congress published a Second Draft of its Food Safety Law.

The popularity of raw milk is on the rise as many consumers believe it to be a healthy alternative to pasteurized milk.

Petco has become the first national pet specialty retailer to completely remove all dog and cat treats made in China from its store shelves and website.  

The Standards for Growing, Harvesting, Packing and Holding Produce for Human Consumption--the proposed produce safety rule--is now available for public comment, according to a notice published in the Federal Register by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

There have now been seven reported deaths and more than 30 illnesses in 11 states stemming from the multi-state Listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to caramel apples, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC).  

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has teamed up with SNV Ghana to launch FAO-Thiaroye--a new fish processing technology to produce healthier fish that meets local and international standards.

Food safety attorney William (Bill) Marler has been named to the first-ever list of the Top 50 Litigation Trailblazers & Pioneers by the National Law Journal.