Germany is scrambling to pinpoint the source of a deadly outbreak of food-borne bacterial infections that have killed at least 16 people, sickened hundreds more and sparked a diplomatic squabble with Spain.
China said it would levy anti-subsidy duties of up to 11.19% on imports of EU potato starch, in apparent retaliation over Brussels’ decision to slap taxes on Chinese fine art paper.
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.
According to recent research from Vienna, Austria, "Recent trends to extend the shelflife of pasteurized milk, without the negative flavor normally associated with ultra-high-temperature (UHT) milk, have resulted in the development of extended shelflife (ESL) milk.