The New York Times reports that in the rear of the Great Wall supermarket in Falls Church, Virginia, customers linger over razor clams, frozen conch and baby smelt arrayed at the fish counter. Crabs clamber over the ice. Below, sea bass circle in glass tanks. A girl in a stroller, eye level with a school of tilapia, giggles in delight.

The first lawsuit spawned by a salmonella outbreak that appears to be linked to sushi -- which has now sickened 141 people in 20 states plus the District of Columbia -- was filed late Wednesday against Moon Marine U.S.A. Corp, a Cupertino, Calif., seafood importer.

PriceWaterhouseCooper (PwC) has warned against an over­reliance on finished product testing in the US food sector and called for additional focus on the implementation of strategic food safety practices. Optimising food safety programmes is “simply good business practice,” the global professional service firm told FoodQualityNews.com.

Want to watch my snake eat a rat? I vaguely knew a couple of people who said that in the 1970s, just like the acid scene in Almost Famous. Probably sucked as a pickup line.

ST. LOUIS -- Another person has been added to the list of people sickened by E. coli bacteria, raising the number of victims to 14 in Missouri. Also, a seventh person has reported drinking raw milk before becoming ill, said Gena Terlizzi of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

Legal action will be taken against owners of over 700 hotels and eateries in the country for selling unhygienic food and violating established food safety practices during the festive season. Nearly 3,000 food outlets came under the microscope of Public Health Inspectors during a special operation in 93 major towns spanning all districts in the last two weeks.

HA NOI -- Viet Nam food processors and exporters must study changes in the FDA Food Safety Modernisation Act conducted by the US Food and Drug Administration and measures to avoid common mistakes.

A new survey shows Canadians might be willing to eat food with small doses of radiation to prevent foodborne illnesses. The survey was conducted by Angus Reid Public Opinion for the Consumers Association of Canada. It found that while Canadians are concerned about food contamination, most don't know much about food irradiation.

BEIRUT: A local NGO announced Wednesday a national campaign advocating for food safety, which it said was necessary in the face of government inaction.