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Taitō municipality in Tokyo is encouraging its food businesses to gain halal certification ahead of the 2020 Olympics to provide more options for Muslim tourists.
Cornell University researchers attempting to prove a theory that overeating can affect people’s sense of taste have found that obesity can reduce the number of taste buds in mice.
The UK Government has provided funding of £14m for the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in order to prepare for Brexit and expand the operations of the National Food Crime Unit...
Bread products contain considerably high levels of salt, according to health campaigners at the World Action on Salt and Health (WASH) organisation.
Standard Meat Company (SMC) has recalled over 53,000lb of raw beef sirloin cuts over concerns that some products were contaminated with Salmonella, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)...
Experts at the Action on Salt lobbying group have released a study showing that Chinese takeaways and ready meals contain shockingly high levels of salt, prompting a call for clear...
Human rights lawyer Richard Spoor is filing a class action lawsuit against South African meat producer Tiger Brands after the South African Health Ministry confirmed the listeria outbreak started at...
Food companies producing illegitimate novel foods made from insects or algae face varying degrees of fines depending on the member state, the EUobserver discovered through an FOI request.
The EU is considering imposing tariffs on US foods exports, such as peanut butter, cranberries and orange juice, following US President Donald Trump’s plans to impose a 10% tariff on...
Fast-food giant McDonald’s has created a new £500,000 capital grant scheme to assist Arla Foods dairy farmers in delivering animal welfare initiatives.
