Exclusive: Former FSA chief Tim Smith understood to have warned Department of Health that revealing food poisoning contamination rates could provoke a food scare and damage the industry.
The former head of the Food Standards Agency (FSA), who went straight from his job as regulator to a lucrative...
The news is enough to put you off your Sunday roast.
We revealed that seven out of 10 supermarket chickens are contaminated with the potentially deadly campylobacter bug.
The Food Standards Agency, which tested 1,995 birds, now says tackling campylobacter is their No 1 food-safety...
A new study published by the Food Standards Agency in the UK finds that most of the chickens sold in that country test positive for the presence of Campylobacter bacteria. The study is the first part of a year-long survey of Campylobacter on fresh chickens. The FSA states that its number one food...
With the high cost of turkey during the Holidays, some people are looking into serving Chicken as an alternative during Thanksgiving in the United Kingdom. Although that seems like a practical idea, you might have to think otherwise when it comes to food safety. According to BBC, more than...
More than 70% of fresh chickens being sold in the UK are contaminated,” BBC News reports.
A Food Standards Agency (FSA) investigation found worryingly high levels of contamination with the campylobacter bug, which can cause food poisoning, on chickens being sold across the country. The Guardian...
The kitchen means many things to many different people: cooking zone, eating area, family gathering spot. Looking for ideas to make every inch count? These spaces will cater to many styles, sizes, and budgets.
Whether you’re renovating or just doing a little redecorating, get inspired by these...
These days, super heroes are all the rage, it seems. Most have supernatural powers to do good in the world. But we have people in our food system who don't need super powers to do good in the world - they're our everyday food worker heroes. And so for our 3rd annual International Food Workers Week,...
A group calling for better working conditions at Walmart is criticizing a food donation campaign for employees in need, saying it's symptomatic of wages being too low.
But Dawnne Sulaitis, the Walmart department manager who started the campaign for "Store 3430" in Midwest City, Oklahoma,...
IT’S NO secret that I love fried food.
Hot chips are my weakness, I have been known to take popcorn chicken in with me to the cinema instead of normal popcorn, and my nickname at times has been Kate-FC.
Yes, I know anything fried is bad for you. But I genuinely do not understand why people order...
On a Friday night a little more than a year ago, my hands blanched to white and began to shake as intense nausea hit me over dinner at a favorite neighborhood restaurant. My gums and tongue tingling, I nearly yelled to my boyfriend as we walked out, “I think we need to go to the emergency room....
A campaign to boycott Halal-certified food is gaining momentum across Australia, with groups claiming that certification pushes up prices and the money goes towards funding terrorism.
A loose collection of affiliated anti-Halal, anti-Islam and nationalistic groups began the movement.
Now, the...
When we focus on the fact that we eat to nourish our bodies, we find we can simplify our nutrition philosophy to one simple concept: Eat real food. Whole foods are more nutrient dense and protective than their processed counterparts. Plus, they lack the added sugar, salt, additives, preservatives...
National Geographic Channel's miniseries "EAT: The Story of Food" was a topic so broad that executive producer Pam Caragol Wells quips, "It's almost like making a series about 'The Cosmos.' Nobody's done that -- except for our channel."
Indeed, the six-episode event that airs Friday through...
Everyone must eat and sleep, which invests National Geographic Channel’s latest flurry of offerings with a clear commercial logic. Granted, at six hours over three successive nights, “Eat: The Story of Food” feels like a considerable overindulgence, but the network compensates for that a week...
INDIANAPOLIS – On Sunday, November 23, the Indianapolis Colts will team up with Meijer, the Official Supercenter of the Colts, and associate sponsor Bullseye Event Group to host the ninth annual SACKing Hunger Food Drive, prior to the Jaguars game. From 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., volunteers will...
The localvore food movement seems to be everywhere. Restaurants proudly advertise their use of locally produced meat, vegetables, cheese and grains. Frigid Vermont has more than a dozen wineries. The number of microbreweries in the state is rapidly growing, and many are winning awards and...
Fast food restaurants should ban obese people from gorging on junk food to shock start their weight loss, an expert said today.
Steve Miller, presenter of Fat Families, told MailOnline said his radical idea is not aimed at shaming those who are overweight, but rather at saving lives.
He said...
There is a new term floating around the food world: “cute to scale.”
It describes a challenge facing local food systems — made up of small farmers, their markets, processors and distributors — that have thus far been able to create a pretty public image, but not a big economic impact on their...
Free meals, coffee, tea, and even alcohol are being offered by some companies in an effort to make their workers happier. But does it work?
One of the biggest cliches in business is that there's no such thing as a free lunch. But this is fast becoming untrue in more and more workplaces.
City firms...
So far on Holiday Baking Championship we’ve seen the bakers take on cookies in the premiere and just this past Sunday they made desserts inspired by sugar and spice, a classic combination. This coming Sunday the bakers will be making one of the most-iconic holiday desserts, pies. Not only that,...