Worries over the safety of instant noodles has spread in Japan after nine servings were found to contain poison.
As the contaminated milk scandal spirals, Fonterra CEO, Andrew Ferrier, said it was extremely difficult to predict "criminal contamination.
Concern over food poisoning caused by chicken meat has heightened, leading to new production and processing standards for the poultry industry.
Salmonella cases like those in South Australia, which have been linked to food brought into an aged care facility may have been preventable if electrolysed water had been used in cleaning fresh ingredients, utensils, surfaces and hand washing.
Fast food chains across the United States have pulled tomatoes from their sandwiches in the wake of a salmonella outbreak.
Food poisoning outbreaks and the range of preventative measures are the focus of a major food crisis management conference in Sydney.
The Northern Territory president of the Australian Medical Association says he may have accidentally discovered how the potentially deadly salmonella bacteria gets into eggs.
Almost 65% of Australians feel that food safety was the same or had improved during the previous year, according to the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) Consumer Attitude Survey launched today.
Researchers at the University of Maine in the US have found that adding natural cranberry concentrate to raw minced beef can significantly reduce the growth of common foodborne pathogens.
Saraya supplies an alcohol-based surface sanitiser with quaternary ammonia for food processing plants.