Produce infected with hepatitis A and a bacterial skin contamination has proved untraceable. The Australian National Audit Office yesterday called for a more immediate and thorough response to trade recalls after revealing regulatory failure had left public health at risk twice last year.

The yellow card system to prevent excessive use of antibiotics on Danish pig farms seems successful, according to the sector organization LF. LF based this statement on figures on antibiotic use in the third quarter of 2010. In this quarter, the use of animal drugs reduced with 1.8 tonnes to 23.7 tonnes in total compared to the same period last year. This is a decrease of 11.7 %.

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OTTAWA -- Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced today that the Government of Canada has taken yet another step to strengthen Canada’s food safety system by appointing seven highly qualified advisors to the Ministerial Advisory Board (MAB) of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

Food porn is insidious and awful. As I write this, Amy is anticipating the finale of Top Chef Just Desserts. Me, I can’t stand the celebrity chefs and their terrible food safety. The new episode of South Park tonight wonderfully parodied the indulgence, narcissism and nonsense that characterizes most shows on the Food Network. Here’s a preview.

FOR Midland teenager Luke Mason, two weeks in Egypt was to be an exciting getaway with his parents and younger sister. But the 13-year-old’s family claim they were subjected to a “holiday from hell” when they fell ill at their Sharm el-Sheikh resort Holiday Village Red Sea after booking with First Choice.

For those who care about the doped up world of cycling, the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) has found no evidence to support Alberto Contador's claim that contaminated meat was responsible for his positive doping test. Sapa-AFP reports the Tour de France champion was provisionally suspended following a positive test for clenbuterol, a banned weight loss/muscle-building drug.

A New Jersey-based cheese producer that the FDA says failed to correct unsanitary conditions has been shut down.

OMAHA, Neb. -- A former state cattle inspector has been indicted for faking tests for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, known as BSE or mad cow disease.