Revisit the past, recipe by recipe
If you think that nothing beats a fresh peach eaten out of hand, Peach Puzzle will change your mind and make you exclaim, ``How did it do that? Read more…
Spilling the beans on beans
Well-cooked beans are delicious, and they can't be beat as a thrifty source of rich nutrients. Packed with protein, vitamins, minerals and fiber, they play a starring role in cuisines from around the world. Canned beans are convenient but often mushy and loaded with salt. Read more…
Daily Grill
With upscale restaurants opening at a faster clip in the Domain than any other area in the city, the establishments — most of them new to the Austin market — face a challenge: how to set themselves apart. Read more…
WALES: Lamb recall update: 30 October - (Food Standards Agency)
The Agency can confirm that ten businesses were supplied with batches of lamb by Welsh Country Foods Ltd that may have contained meat or offal from animals sold for breeding purposes. All remaining stocks of the affected batches have been withdrawn from sale. Read more…
UK: The Health Store withdraws its own brand Japanese Rice Crackers - (Food Standards Agency)
The Health Store has withdrawn its own brand Japanese Rice Crackers due to a labelling error that has led to them having the incorrect allergen information and so making them a potential health risk for people who are allergic to soy. The Agency has issued an Allergy Alert. Read more…
NEW ZEALAND: Food safety when shopping - (Scoop News)
Every year thousands of New Zealanders suffer from a dose of food poisoning. Many of those cases are caught in the home. Food poisoning is usually caused by bacteria called pathogens. These can either be present on foods, or can be passed from you to the food. Read more…
WASHINGTON: American Meat Institute unveils new consumer friendly video about meat packaging technologies: Video is a companion to new brochures addressing case-ready meats and product dating - (American Meat Institute)
Washington, DC, -- The American Meat Institute (AMI) today unveiled a new, consumer-friendly video about meat packaging technologies that is designed to educate consumers about the packaging options available in today’s marketplace and how they have changed over time. Read more…
UK: Chocolates recalled after nuts contaminated with salmonella - (Daily Mail/ Reuters)
A leading confectionary company has found traces of salmonella at its factory in Leicester. Production was suspended on four plant lines at Fox's Confectionary on October 15 after traces of the bacteria were found in samples of chocolate. Read more…
Salmonellosis, frozen poultry pie - USA (multistate) (08) - (International Society for Infectious DIseases)
ProMed Mail PostCDC is collaborating with public health officials in multiple states across the USA and with the Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS) to investigate an ongoing multistate outbreak of _Salmonella_ I 4,[5],12:i:- (pronounced "four five twelve eye... Read more…
KANSAS: Faculty, students discuss food safety at café meeting - (Kansas State Collegian)
A monthly conversation outlet now exists for community members and students to discuss their concerns and questions about recent food-safety outbreaks. About 10 K-State faculty members, students and community members attended the first monthly Food Science Caf on Monday night at Bluestem Bistro. Read more…
CANADA: Ag Ministers should announce food safety direction & funding at November meeting - (Canadian Supply Chain Food Safety Coalition)
Ottawa -- The Canadian Supply Chain Food Safety Coalition today called upon Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial ministers of agriculture to announce the details of future food safety programming and funding at their November 16th and 17th meeting on the new policy framework – Growing... Read more…
CANADA: A rotten deal for taxpayers: Fallout from 'dirty' Alberta beef plant felt on both sides of the border - (Edmonton Sun)
Ranchers Beef Ltd. of Balzac collapsed on Aug.15 after company president Tony Martinez reported in a court affidavit that his outfit was "in the midst of a severe liquidity crisis". In other words it was broke. Read more…
WTO food safety requirements database goes live - (Food Week Online)
World Trade OrganizationFinding out about the food safety requirements and alerts in other countries just got easier, with the launch of a searchable database on country requirements by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Read more…
774 arrests in CHINA over safety - (New York Times)
Shanghai -- The Chinese government was cited as revealing today that it had arrested 774 people over the last two months as part of a nationwide crackdown on the production and sale of tainted food, drugs and agricultural products. Read more…
When Two Restaurants Lose One Chef
Michael White has taken over Scott Conant?s supervision of the menus and kitchens at both Alto and L?Impero, but his work at L?Impero isn?t quite as successful. Read more…
Halloween, back in the day
My mother was big on Halloween. And by that, I don't mean she spent that hallowed day baking ghoulish cupcakes with teensy candy pumpkins... Read more…
Veggie Curry
I made this giant curry with all of the veggies in my fridge right before I left on vacation. In it: Eggplant, string beans, baby bok choy, bell pepper, mushrooms, onion, garlic, curry paste, coconut milk, braggs. Read more…
Spate of Staph infections highlight the need for thorough, consistent cleaning regimen at home, at school and at work: Use of proven disinfectant products is a key element to an effective hygiene protocol - (from a press release)
So-called “green” alternatives may not be as effective Washington -- The recent outbreak of staph infections in schools throughout the country serves as an important reminder of the importance of routine, thorough cleaning and targeted disinfection of buildings where a large number of people... Read more…
For Barhoppers, a True Tapas Bar
Some dead simple and riotously flavorful dishes help El Quinto Pino in Chelsea to be New York?s best, and maybe only, true tapas bar. Read more…
Padma Lakshmi finds recipes everywhere
In addition to her role as host of Bravo TV's "Top Chef," Indian-born model and actress Padma Lakshmi has also had success as a writer. Read more…
Trick or treat, fact or fiction
Today is Halloween, the top holiday for candy sales. Here are three facts that are all treat and no trick: 1) The Arabs are often credited with inventing caramel. But an early use of the hot, sticky substance was not so sweet: Women in harems applied it as a hair remover. Read more…
China exclusive: PHILIPPINE food safety watchdog: Chinese candy issue not a quality problem - (Xinhua News Agency (China))
Nanning -- The incident that led to an international uproar over a brand sugar candy the Philippines imported from China was "not a problem of quality", a senior official from the Philippine food quality control agency said here Sunday. Read more…
CHINA, ASEAN to beef up product quality supervision - (Xinhua News Agency (China))
Nanning -- Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan was cited as welcoming on Sunday the joint determination of China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to enhance cooperation on product quality supervision. Read more…
MALAYSIA: Food poisoning cases increase by 100% - (The Star)
Kota Baru -- Food poisoning in Malaysia has, according to this story, increased 100% from last year for the period of January till Sept 15, with 67% of such cases confined to primary and secondary school students. Read more…