A mother who has won compensation for her nightmare Caribbean holiday is relieved her two-year-legal battle is over. The teaching assistant, 48, from Crayford, who does not want to be named, was one of more than 500 British tourists who won a settlement of over £2.5million, having been struck down with a stomach bug at their luxury Dominican Republic hotel.

Date Notified To FSANZ: 25 June 2009 Food Product: Ready-To-Eat-Meat Name of Product: Roast Beef Package Description & Size: cryovac packets, 300 – 400 gram Use By Date: 02.07.09 Australian Distribution: Queensland only Overseas Distribution: Nil Reason for Recall: Microbial –Listeria monocytogenes Comments:

New Delhi -- Even as genetically modified brinjal—the first transgenic food crop to be available in India—has reached the final stage of field trials, scientists at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), a prominent Hyderabad-based research institution, have taken the first steps to steer genetically modified (GM) fish—now confined to their labs—to Indian

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan -- Canadian farmers oppose the introduction of genetically modified wheat until market conditions change, a Canadian Wheat Board survey has found.

In a recent study by pesticide toxicologists at UP Los Baños, the injection of neonicotenoid pesticides such as thiametoxam, imidachloprid and clothianidin in coconut trunks was found safe and effective in controlling the coconut leaf beetle (Brontispa longgisima).

In a wood near you, powerful microbes quicken the decay of fallen tree branches. These adroit decomposers perform that essential role by producing specialized enzymes.

A public health student at Kansas State passed along this story from 9NEWS.com about Urban Hens, a Boulder, Colorado-based group that is working with the Children, Youth and Environments Center for Research Design at CU and a private grant to supposedly help teach sustainability to children by placing chickens near neighborhood and school gardens.

Consumers should not eat certain packages of Kowalke Organics packaged alfalfa spouts because of possible salmonella contamination, California public health officials said Wednesday. Mike's Produce Inc., which does business as Kowalke Family Sprouts of Culver City, has voluntarily recalled several raw alfalfa sprouts products, including packaged dinner salad and onion mix.

WASHINGTON -- JBS Swift Beef Company, a Greeley, Colo., establishment is recalling approximately 41,280 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products subject to recall include: