Pets might like it, but among most consumers, "spent-hen" meat isn't very popular. It's tough, stringy and far less appealing than the more tender meat of broiler chickens. But that didn't stop the government from using the National School Lunch Program as an outlet for egg producers struggling to find a market for 100 million egg-laying hens culled each year.

Douglas Bryan, DVM, who lives in Springfield, MO, writes that your editorial, "Going after family sends wrong message," sends the wrong message. Nowhere in your editorial or the sidebar do you discuss the reasons behind having laws restricting the sale of raw milk.

New messages, new media. That’s become sortof our mantra here at bites.ksu.edu because, as the Washington Post reiterated this morning,

BEIJING -- A panel of 42 experts in the fields of hygiene, agriculture, food and nutrition was set up Tuesday by the Chinese government to conduct risk assessment on food safety. According to China's Food Safety Law, the expert committee shoulders the responsibilities of formulating risk monitoring and assessment schemes, establishing technical rules and explaining assessment result.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Using a nanoparticle from corn, a Purdue University scientist has found a way to lengthen the shelf life of many food products and sustain their health benefits.

Once you sous vide, you never go back. That, at least, is the chant of a global pantheon of chefs — like Heston Blumenthal, Joël Robuchon, Ferran Adrià, and Tetsuya Wakuda — who have made this low, slow cooking method the standard in the last decade.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today launched its pet health and safety widget for consumers as part of an ongoing effort to provide timely, user-friendly, public health information.

New measures will help prevent, detect and respond to animal diseases and other related health events to better protect the people, animals and economy of Ontario. The Animal Health Act, 2009, was passed today by the Ontario legislature. When proclaimed, the act will provide important tools to help support government and industry partners, including:

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued Notice 80-09: Importation of Canadian Cattle, Bison, Sheep and Goats in the United States. This notice provided updated information to FSIS inspection program personnel (IPP) about the receipt, slaughter and inspection of cattle, bison, sheep and goats imported from Canada. Key points include the following: