Pontypool couple Scott and Leanne Bessant hold the baby son they feared they would never have after salmonella put their IVF plans on hold. They describe Cailan as a 'miracle' because after four years of trying, two of which were spent on an IVF waiting list, Mrs Bessant fell pregnant naturally and gave birth at the end of September.

A scientific paper addressing a unique occupational autoimmune illness contracted by people working in an Austin, Minn., slaughterhouse is scheduled to go online Monday night. Some people working in the pig-brain harvesting area of Quality Pork Processors in Austin became ill, as did people doing the same job at two other U.S. plants.

Dr. Stephen Marcus is the state watchdog no one knows. But if your child swallows something he shouldn't, or if hospital patients exhibit symptoms of exposure to a potentially dangerous substance, it is Marcus and his staff at the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System who answer the call.

Eleven food samples have been found to contain excessive metallic contamination, antioxidants or toxins, the Centre for Food Safety warns. In its October food safety report released today, it said the 10 foods were taken from 4,900 samples of vegetables, fruit, meat, poultry, seafood, dairy products, frozen confections, cereals and grains.

Sri Lanka has suspended importing live chicken from France owing to the threat of bird flu, the Animal Production and Health Department said. The Animal Production and Health Department said that chicken imported from France has been suspended following a warning that had been issued by the World Animal Health Organization (WAHO), due to the spread of bird flu in the country.

Organic farmers will need to shrink their land use if they are to conquer the mass market, says a Swiss expert.

Health inspectors found fruit flies, inadequate hand-washing, bacteria-producing food storage temperatures and dozens of other unsanitary conditions at Hub hospital cafeterias in 2008 and 2009, a Herald review of city records found.

A proposed private member’s bill from the NDP Opposition that would allow unregulated meat sales is an unwanted return to the past, two local farmers said Thursday. The bill by Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons would allow small producers to slaughter and sell small amounts of meat products, bypassing regulations brought in two years ago.

BEIJING -- A hearing began Friday in the first civil suit to be heard in court involving parents suing a dairy company and a supermarket over selling tainted milk, The China Daily, an official English-language newspaper, reported Saturday.