When you stop and think about all the food stored in your kitchen, it's hard not to get a little panicky. ...more

May 9, 2009

When you stop and think about all the food stored in your kitchen, it's hard not to get a little panicky. ...more

March 28, 2009

Strawberries are one of the success stories in Florida's economic crisis, state Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson said. ...more

March 11, 2009

Strawberries are one of the success stories in Florida's economic crisis, state Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson said. ...more

March 2, 2009

Paula O'Rourke always keeps peanut butter crackers in the car for her children to snack on. The Bethesda, Md., mother of three had just bought a new supply when she heard the product had been recalled because of a risk of salmonella poisoning. She felt obligated to throw away the $2 package, but, she says, "I had this moment where I thought, 'Come on. The chance of these crackers actually being trouble is so slim.'" ...more

February 8, 2009

The list of recalled peanut products linked to a national salmonella outbreak just keeps growing. Already more than 400 kinds of cakes, cookies and other goods have been pulled off the shelves in one of the largest product recalls. ...more

January 29, 2009

There's a full plate of urgent issues awaiting President-elect Barack Obama and the next Congress. The Government Accountability Office, Congress' nonpartisan watchdog, listed 13 of them recently. Along with some obvious choices, such as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and oversight of the financial industry, the GAO included food safety. ...more

November 19, 2008

HONG KONG - A Cadbury spokesman says preliminary results show its Chinese-made chocolates contain the industrial chemical melamine. ...more

September 29, 2008

China's latest product safety scandal - tainted milk formula blamed for killing two Chinese babies and sickening 1,200 - expanded to include more foods Tuesday, with state media reporting some formula produced by companies involved was exported. ...more

September 17, 2008

How safe is that salad? Every year, 1 in 4 Americans suffers from food illness, and about 14 percent of those cases involve fresh produce. ...more

August 22, 2008