The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to expand efforts to combat bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)

NFPA endorses presenting information on allergens in terms that consumers can readily understand

ABB, the global technology company, announced that it has acquired a minority interest in the Swedish software maker, Industrial & Financial Systems AB (IFS)

Guess what the biggest source of foodborne illness in California was between 1996 and 1998. Meat? Eggs? Contaminated water?

Penn State University, University Park, Penn., is considering developing an e-business program with unique applications to the food processing industry.

Hormel Foods is the first U.S. food manufacturer to market meat products processed with ultrahigh pressure (UHP) technology.

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have mapped and sequenced the genome for Salmonella typhimurium, one of the leading agents of foodborne disease.

San Diego-based SureBeam Corp., is constructing its third e-beam service center near Los Angeles.

Consumer watchdog Public Citizen has filed a false advertising complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that the web site of Huisken Meats Inc. tells consumers that its ground beef products have been electronically pasteurized instead of irradiated.

A report compiled by the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) suggests that as many as 40 percent of chickens heading to supermarket from plants participating in an experimental "model'' inspection program were contaminated with sores, scabs and other defects.