A major western Canadian grocery chain has been selling produce advertised as "B.C. Grown" that came from the United States or elsewhere, CBC News has found. Several examples were discovered in two Save-On-Foods locations in the Vancouver area, as well as at other stores.

The seizures in Chongqing come three years after the 2008 Sanlu milk scandal, in which three babies died and 300,000 others were sickened by melamine-tainted milk in an episode that fatally undermined already fragile public trust in the government’s ability to keep food safe.

LAWA, THAILAND — The villagers in this poverty-stricken farming community are passionate about their food, especially the traditional varieties of fermented fish that one aficionado describes as tasting like heaven but smelling like hell.

A food poisoning outbreak has been traced back to Ford Prison’s “unsuitable” and “out-dated” kitchen. Thirteen inmates were taken ill after eating in the canteen, which watchdogs claim should have been replaced years ago.

Commenting on the announcement by Defra that a new Animal Health and Welfare Board for England will be set up in response to a report by the Responsibility and Cost Sharing Advisory Group, Harvey Locke, President of the British Veterinary Association (BVA), said:

TERRE HAUTE -- All restaurant inspections by the Vigo County Health Department are scored on a critical and non-critical system. To make the scores easier to comprehend: A critical item is one that is likely to contribute to food contamination or food-borne illness.

Someone blew chunks a month ago in a stairwell between a dining hall at the University of Maryland and offices owned by the student union. The vomit is still sitting there. (That’s it on the right, photo by Charlie Deboyace/The Diamondback.)

Comedian Demetri Martin has a new book out, This is a Book, and a food-related except was published in Esquire today. A few bits are below, check out Esquire for the full piece.

BEIJING—Nearly 300 people fell ill in central China after eating meat suspected of containing illegal additives, the latest in a spate of contamination problems to emerge even as the government vows to crack down on food-safety violators.