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World Tea Expo is gearing up to showcase the top new products from the tea marketplace with the announcement of its 2011 Best New Product Awards. All of the winning companies are set to showcase their innovative offerings, alongside more than 200 other tea and tea-related businesses, June 24-26 in Las Vegas, Nev., at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

The European Union is lowering the maximum acceptable levels of certain radioactive elements in food and animal feed imported from some areas of Japan to conform with temporary levels imposed in that country.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed a new requirement for the meat and poultry industry that would potentially decrease the amount of contaminated foods that reach the public.

USFoodSafety.com, a website to provide consumers with the up-to-date food safety alerts, recalls, advice and columns, announced the results of a consumer survey about restaurants.

Some breast cancer survivors fear that eating foods containing soy will increase the risk of a cancer recurrence, but new research suggests that those worries appear to be unfounded.

Smithfield Foods Inc. is in talks to buy a controlling interest of the European packaged meats company Campofrio Food Group SA for 9.5 euros ($13.62) per share.

An apple a day is supposed to keep the doctor away, but now it seems the same is true for tangerines.

The recovering economy resulted in improved growth for beverage alcohol sales, but the impact was mixed among the liquor, wine and beer categories.

The FDA is making it easier for consumers to access information about recently recalled products on its website.

Seeing a milkshake can activate the same areas of the brain that light up when an addict sees cocaine, U.S. researchers have found.