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More and more feed and animal producers are realizing the impact on cost of production that even low levels of mycotoxins can have, and what steps must be taken to increase grain value.

Imagine a food processing plant. Operations grind to a halt — there’s been a positive Listeria result. The downtime will be costly, as the team launches into a time-consuming seek-and-destroy and vectoring plan. Each hour that ticks by is one hour of product shelf life.

Disease outbreaks are not unique to the pork industry in the Asian continent. Over the last month, Taiwan’s poultry market has been hit by new highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks.

Sequencing, a useful DNA technology for organism characterization, has received additional recognition as an effective method to identify and subtype food pathogens.

African swine fever (ASF) is making its way into Eastern Europe. Russian authorities have reported a new ASF outbreak in the region of Primorsk, next to the border with China, Reuters reported.

The days of students figuring out allergen-free meals on certain college campuses might soon be over. Some universities in the U.S. are now offering allergen-free dining halls and other special facilities to their students with food restrictions.

With traffic accidents the eighth largest cause of death in the world, road safety is a top priority for many governments worldwide.