— OPINION — Preharvest control of zoonotic pathogens, including Salmonella is important to public health. Processors cannot eliminate zoonoses carried in by animals, especially raw products from carcasses that have been mechanically defeathered or dehaired. Additionally, animal production areas contaminate the environment including produce fields. The vectors include manure, air, water, birds and insects. The...

If the colorful Bauhaus French press on my nightstand could talk, all $30 of its retail price — not to mention its immeasurable value in joy and whimsy — would remind you that a present doesn’t have to be wildly expensive to be great; it just has to be thoughtful. As a fastidious, near-obsessive gift...

Greenworld Foods Express Inc. is recalling Shaikh Al Kar brand plain halva because of Salmonella contamination. The recall was triggered because testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency showed the product was positive for Salmonella. The affected product was distributed in Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan. It is sold in 400-gram...

I grew up in Elmhurst, Queens, not far from Jackson Heights. It was a very mixed neighborhood, but it did have a lot of South Asian kids. In the ’70s, I remember always going to Jackson Heights on Saturday to the temple, to go grocery shopping for all our Indian groceries, and to bring home...

The European Union has revised a trade agreement with Ukraine, but concerns have been raised around the country’s ability to meet EU food standards. An update to the EU–Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) entered into force in late October. New market access is conditional on the gradual alignment of Ukraine to EU...

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Hormel Foods is planning to cut 250 corporate and sales positions as part of a corporate restructuring. The Spam and Planters maker said it is closing many open roles and will reduce certain positions across its office-based...

When the New York City Indian restaurant Adda transformed from a casual Queens canteen to a swankier Manhattan hot spot, it ditched the butter chicken that diners at the original location knew and loved — its best-selling dish, at $23 per order. At the revamped Adda, there’s still butter chicken, but it’s no longer just...

Innovations in the lab and digital technologies such as artificial intelligence are transforming the detection, tracking, and response to food safety threats, according to scientists. Experts from Canada, the United Kingdom, and Oman shared their thoughts during the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Alliance for Food Safety webinar on foodborne disease surveillance and contamination monitoring. The...

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Beverage packaging manufacturers and their customers continue to navigate changing tides in consumer drinking preferences, spending power and policy impacts in different geographies. Can makers Crown Holdings and Ardagh Metal Packaging each reported some snags in the...

Among the problems the shutdown of the federal government is causing is a delay in the publication of new dietary guidelines designed to keep the public safe and healthy. The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services had said they would publish the guidelines by the end of September, which marked...