California Bans Foie Gras Feeding Starting in 2012
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California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger signed a bill on Wednesday banning the  force-feeding of ducks and geese to make foie gras starting in  2012.
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New York City's Board of Health is expected to ban artery-clogging trans-fats from restaurants in the Big Apple.
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New York City's Board of Health is expected to ban artery-clogging trans-fats from local restaurants.
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MADRID, Spain - Spain plans to impose stricter rules on production of a staple of the national diet and increasingly popular export - ham from free-range pigs that feed on acorns and herbs - in order to weed out stable-bound impostors, a newspaper said Sunday.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The investigation into four cases of botulism poisoning at a Fort Lauderdale clinic has expanded to a third state: California.
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France's smoking ban went into effect Tuesday with the start of the new year
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The city's ban on trans fat-laden cooking oils, the first of its kind in the nation, went into effect Sunday.
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A judge has struck down a city rule requiring fast-food restaurants to post calorie content on menus, saying it conflicts with federal law.
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Products claiming to be superfoods will be banned under new EU rules coming into effect on 1 July.
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California became the first state Thursday to ban weeding by hand on most farms, saying the work is too backbreaking for laborers.
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British and Irish consumers may have  to eat paler breakfast sausages and burgers after the European  Union banned the use of a red food coloring, Red 2G, in the  European Union due to concern it could cause cancer.
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banned in May 2003 because of mad cow disease -- will resume as early as March under a rule unveiled Wednesday by the US Department of Agriculture.
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Smokers took advantage of a one-day grace period and savored their last cigarettes over morning coffee in cafes across France as a ban against lighting up in bars and restaurants took effect Tuesday.
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Pregnant and nursing women, as well as those who want to conceive, are advised in the United States to avoid certain types of seafood and to limit consumption of other varieties as a way to reduce potential ill effects from mercury and other contaminants.
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People should immediately throw away more than 90 different products, from chili sauce to corned beef hash to dog food, produced at a plant linked to a botulism outbreak, the government warned Monday. Castleberry's Food Company temporarily closed the suspect plant.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Federal regulators have proposed banning high risk material from animal feed, pet food and fertilizers, in an effort to prevent mad cow disease.
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Health authorities of Shenzhen in southern Guangdong Province have issued a notice banning the sales of civet cats and other wild animals at local restaurants in order to prevent the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome.