Antibiotics are accumulating in a major Brazilian river, especially during the dry season when pollution becomes more concentrated. Scientists even detected a banned drug inside fish sold for food, ...

Understand how the food recall system works to protect consumers and keep unsafe products off the shelves quickly.

Efforts to prevent pathogenic contaminations such as salmonella in dry food processing facilities will take a step forward through new research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst describing ...

The agency’s lengthy “Human Foods Program 2026 Priority Deliverables” targets food dyes and other ingredients, the GRAS ...

These food safety measures and ultra-sensitive tests may drive edible food being thrown away, excessive packaging, and extra costs for consumers.

President Xi Jinping’s government is shrewdly using this moment of crisis to reimagine large-scale protein production for the ...

Since the start of the second Trump presidency, the federal government has slashed nearly a quarter of a million employees, with some of the biggest staff cuts taking place in government entities ...

Here are the food safety inspection reports from Lehigh and Northampton counties, conducted the week of Jan. 25. Each week, we highlight the inspection reports provided through the Pennsylvania ...

From radioactive shrimp to vodka seltzer in energy drink cans, food and beverage recalls have made headlines throughout 2025 and into 2026—and the headlines are often pretty concerning. “We literally ...

Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. The infant botulism outbreak that sickened ...