OTTAWA -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) today announced plans to develop new regulations that will better protect consumers from unsafe imported foods. The proposed new regulations, a commitment of the Government’s Food and Consumer Safety Action Plan, would require food importers to be licensed and have measures in place to keep unsafe food out of the marketplace.

Two people contracted cryptosporidiosis and more than a dozen others got sick after attending a local petting zoo March 31, state health officials said. The Minnesota Department of Health issued an alert to health care providers Wednesday afternoon after laboratory tests confirmed two people picked up the parasite, which causes severe watery diarrhea.

It’s disgusting, but a reminder anyone in the food biz is only as good as their worst front-line employee. The New York Daily News reports a South Carolina McDonald's worker served customers some Sweet Tea with a side of phlegm.

Carrefour yesterday removed all the cod sold in its stores after people said that it was in fact escolar, usually known as oilfish, sold under the label of cod to cheat consumers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A 9 Wants You to Know project that launched on Thursday will track Washington metro area establishment closures for food safety violations. 9News Now video that was shot for the project clearly shows a rat scurrying outside one restaurant closed by food inspectors for "failing to minimize the presence of vermin.

GALENA, Mo. -- Fourteen people in central Missouri are now sick with E. Coli and health officials linked at least half the cases to raw milk. There's been a long, nationwide debate over the safety of raw milk; in fact, it's illegal to sell in some states.

Abstract: Cabbage is the main material of coleslaw, a popular side dish in Korea as well as many other countries. In the present study, the combined effect of temperature (15, 25, and 35 °C) and relative humidity (60%, 70%, and 80%) on the growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on cabbage was investigated.

It’s like a game show: This Week in Warning Letters from FDA. Take your chances, make mistakes, let the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lay out your food failings in public view. Seafood was a repeat offender, and some others: • General Tuna Corporation, based in the Philippines, cited for having a HACCP plan that really sucked;

Discoveries of Clostridium botulinum and Listeria monocytogenes at two separate California fish processors has prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to step in. Grub Street Los Angeles reports FDA is looking to close down Blue Ocean Smokehouse in Half Moon Bay and Yamaya in Torrance.