FDA says viruses safe for treating meat
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A mixture of six bacteria-killing viruses can be safely sprayed on meat and poultry to combat common microbes that kill hundreds of people a year, federal health officials said Friday.
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Large U.S. farms that sell eggs will  be required to adopt stricter food safety measures to reduce  the risk of chicken egg shells being contaminated with  salmonella, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on  Monday.
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The Food and Drug Administration will publish draft guidelines today that would encourage companies to submit voluntary safety evaluations of bioengineered food crops that sometimes
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US Department of Agriculture officials and Central Oregon ranchers said on Thursday that the nation&#39;s supply of beef is safe, despite news that a government screening process recently detected
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to make a final ruling on Tuesday that food from cloned animals and their offspring is as safe as any other, opening the door to the controversial technology in the U.S. food supply.
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Meat and milk from cloned animals seem to pose no special health risks, said a report released by the European Food Safety Agency. It was a first step toward the eventual sale of such products within the European Union.
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Chicken jerky products for dogs may be making some pets ill, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned on Wednesday.
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The FDA approves a diagnostic test that can diagnose viruses including the common cold, pneumonia and several varieties of flu -- up to 12 at the same time.
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An animal suspected of having mad cow disease was given a clean bill of health in a second round of sophisticated testing, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Tuesday after cattle prices soared in expectation of the news.
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Europe's food watchdog is to assess whether meat and dairy products from cloned animals are safe to eat.
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The Agriculture Department said fresh ground beef products contaminated with multi-drug resistant Salmonella may have been ground and later sold at Safeway Inc stores in five states.
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Meat and milk from cloned animals is generally safe to eat, US authorities conclude in a long-awaited report.
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A Chinese-developed vaccine against the H5N1 strain of bird flu in humans has been found safe in the first round of tests, a government news agency reported Monday.
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A hepatitis vaccine grown in  genetically engineered potatoes seemed to protect most people  who ate them, researchers reported on Monday.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture yesterday asked U.S. farmers to keep their cloned animals off the market indefinitely even as Food and Drug Administration officials announced that food from cloned livestock is safe to eat.
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Oct 18, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - In response to an apparent increase in illnesses due to contaminated produce, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released an &quot;action plan&quot; for reducing microbial contamination of fresh fruits and vegetables.
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WASHINGTON/CHICAGO  - An animal suspected of  having mad cow disease was given a clean bill of health in a  second round of sophisticated testing, the U.S. Agriculture  Department said on Tuesday after cattle prices soared in  expectation of the news.