food safety

In recent decades, the number of food additives has skyrocketed from about 800 to more than 10,000. A legal loophole in food safety law means companies can add them to foods with no government review.

Baby aisles now stock BPA-free baby bottles, phthalate- free bath toys, and products free of polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, (which can also contain...

When Colorado legalized recreational marijuana use earlier this year, it also opened up the sale of food products infused with the drug to anyone over the…

The FDA plans to revise two controversial food safety rules, according to a statement regulators issued Thursday.The rules, originally released in…

According to a recent Food and Drug Administration report, FDA regulators inspected less than two percent of the food shipments that were imported to the…

Consumers can rest assured that even with the government shutdown that went into effect on Tuesday, all of the meat, poultry and eggs bought from the…

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, includingKirksville hires a new airport director,La Plata commemorates a fallen soldier, andPests threaten…

Consumers in Europe are still shocked and paralyzed after learning that ready-made meals advertised as beef products – lasagna, hamburger, salami –…

When legislation mandating genetically-modified food labels was proposed in California, Oregon and Washington, I wasn't necessarily surprised. But the…

On this week's show we’ll hear about new food safety regulations and how they could impact grain producers, and learn about a study that looked at online…